How To Install r-cran-gtools on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-gtools on Kali Linux. r-cran-gtools is GNU R package with R programming tools by Greg Warnes et al

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-gtools on Kali Linux.

What is r-cran-gtools

r-cran-gtools is:

This package of R programming tools was written by Gregory Warnes with code contributions by Ben Bolker and Thomas Lumley.

This package used to be part of the gregmisc bundle packaged for Debian as r-cran-gregmisc.

There are three methods to install r-cran-gtools on Kali Linux. 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-gtools 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-gtools using apt-get by running the following command:

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

Install r-cran-gtools Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install r-cran-gtools

Install r-cran-gtools Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-gtools

How To Uninstall r-cran-gtools on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove r-cran-gtools

Uninstall r-cran-gtools And Its Dependencies

To uninstall r-cran-gtools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove r-cran-gtools

Remove r-cran-gtools Configurations and Data

To remove r-cran-gtools configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

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

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

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

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

Dependencies

r-cran-gtools have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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