How To Install r-cran-freetypeharfbuzz on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-freetypeharfbuzz
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is r-cran-freetypeharfbuzz
r-cran-freetypeharfbuzz is:
Unlike other tools that dynamically link to the ‘Cairo’ stack, ‘freetypeharfbuzz’ is statically linked to specific versions of the ‘FreeType’ and ‘harfbuzz’ libraries (2.9 and 1.7.6 respectively). This ensures deterministic computation of text box extents for situations where reproducible results are crucial (for instance unit tests of graphics).
Package ‘freetypeharfbuzz’ was removed from the CRAN repository. The code was obtained from the archive.
There are three methods to install r-cran-freetypeharfbuzz
on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install r-cran-freetypeharfbuzz Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install r-cran-freetypeharfbuzz
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install r-cran-freetypeharfbuzz
Install r-cran-freetypeharfbuzz Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install r-cran-freetypeharfbuzz
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install r-cran-freetypeharfbuzz
Install r-cran-freetypeharfbuzz Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install r-cran-freetypeharfbuzz
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-freetypeharfbuzz
How To Uninstall r-cran-freetypeharfbuzz on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the r-cran-freetypeharfbuzz
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove r-cran-freetypeharfbuzz
Uninstall r-cran-freetypeharfbuzz And Its Dependencies
To uninstall r-cran-freetypeharfbuzz
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove r-cran-freetypeharfbuzz
Remove r-cran-freetypeharfbuzz Configurations and Data
To remove r-cran-freetypeharfbuzz
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge r-cran-freetypeharfbuzz
Remove r-cran-freetypeharfbuzz configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove r-cran-freetypeharfbuzz
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge r-cran-freetypeharfbuzz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-freetypeharfbuzz
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.