How To Install r-cran-rcppprogress on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-rcppprogress on Ubuntu 22.04. r-cran-rcppprogress is interruptible progress bar for C++ in GNU R packages

Introduction

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

What is r-cran-rcppprogress

r-cran-rcppprogress is:

This GNU R package allows one to display a progress bar in the R console for long running computations taking place in c++ code, and support for interrupting those computations even in multithreaded code, typically using OpenMP.

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

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

Install r-cran-rcppprogress Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install r-cran-rcppprogress

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

sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-rcppprogress

How To Uninstall r-cran-rcppprogress on Ubuntu 22.04

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

sudo apt-get remove r-cran-rcppprogress

Uninstall r-cran-rcppprogress And Its Dependencies

To uninstall r-cran-rcppprogress 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-rcppprogress

Remove r-cran-rcppprogress Configurations and Data

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

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

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

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

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

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Summary

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