How To Install r-cran-pkgmaker on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-pkgmaker on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is r-cran-pkgmaker
r-cran-pkgmaker is:
This package provides some low-level utilities to use for package development. It currently provides managers for multiple package specific options and registries, vignette, unit test and bibtex related utilities. It serves as a base package for many other R packages and as an incubator package for other general purposes utilities, that will eventually be packaged separately.
There are three methods to install r-cran-pkgmaker on Ubuntu 18.04. 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-pkgmaker 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-pkgmaker using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install r-cran-pkgmaker
Install r-cran-pkgmaker Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install r-cran-pkgmaker using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install r-cran-pkgmaker
Install r-cran-pkgmaker 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-pkgmaker using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-pkgmaker
How To Uninstall r-cran-pkgmaker on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the r-cran-pkgmaker package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove r-cran-pkgmaker
Uninstall r-cran-pkgmaker And Its Dependencies
To uninstall r-cran-pkgmaker and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove r-cran-pkgmaker
Remove r-cran-pkgmaker Configurations and Data
To remove r-cran-pkgmaker configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge r-cran-pkgmaker
Remove r-cran-pkgmaker configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove r-cran-pkgmaker configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge r-cran-pkgmaker
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-pkgmaker package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
