How To Install r-cran-geoknife on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-geoknife on Ubuntu 22.04. r-cran-geoknife is GNU R web-processing of large gridded datasets

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-geoknife on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is r-cran-geoknife

r-cran-geoknife is:

Processes gridded datasets found on the U.S. Geological Survey Geo Data Portal web application or elsewhere, using a web-enabled workflow that eliminates the need to download and store large datasets that are reliably hosted on the Internet. The package provides access to several data subset and summarization algorithms that are available on remote web processing servers (Read et al. (2015) doi:10.1111/ecog.01880).

There are three methods to install r-cran-geoknife 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-geoknife 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-geoknife using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install r-cran-geoknife

Install r-cran-geoknife Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install r-cran-geoknife using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install r-cran-geoknife

Install r-cran-geoknife 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-geoknife using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-geoknife

How To Uninstall r-cran-geoknife on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the r-cran-geoknife package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove r-cran-geoknife

Uninstall r-cran-geoknife And Its Dependencies

To uninstall r-cran-geoknife 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-geoknife

Remove r-cran-geoknife Configurations and Data

To remove r-cran-geoknife configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge r-cran-geoknife

Remove r-cran-geoknife configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove r-cran-geoknife configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge r-cran-geoknife

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-geoknife package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.