How To Install r-cran-purrr on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-purrr on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is r-cran-purrr
r-cran-purrr is:
This package provides a complete and consistent functional programming toolkit for GNU R.
Purrr draws inspiration from many related tools:
- List operations defined in the Haskell prelude
- Scala’s list methods.
- Functional programming libraries for javascript: underscore.js, lodash and lazy.js.
- rlist, another R package to support working with lists. Similar goals but somewhat different philosophy.
There are three methods to install r-cran-purrr on Ubuntu 20.04. 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-purrr 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-purrr using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install r-cran-purrr
Install r-cran-purrr Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install r-cran-purrr using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install r-cran-purrr
Install r-cran-purrr 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-purrr using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-purrr
How To Uninstall r-cran-purrr on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the r-cran-purrr package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove r-cran-purrr
Uninstall r-cran-purrr And Its Dependencies
To uninstall r-cran-purrr and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove r-cran-purrr
Remove r-cran-purrr Configurations and Data
To remove r-cran-purrr configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge r-cran-purrr
Remove r-cran-purrr configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove r-cran-purrr configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge r-cran-purrr
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-purrr package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
