How To Install r-cran-repr on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-repr on Ubuntu 20.04. r-cran-repr is Serializable representations of R objects

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-repr on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is r-cran-repr

r-cran-repr is:

GNU R library providing string or binary representations of various types of R objects, to support using R with the Jupyter notebook.

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

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

Install r-cran-repr Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install r-cran-repr

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

sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-repr

How To Uninstall r-cran-repr on Ubuntu 20.04

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

sudo apt-get remove r-cran-repr

Uninstall r-cran-repr And Its Dependencies

To uninstall r-cran-repr 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-repr

Remove r-cran-repr Configurations and Data

To remove r-cran-repr configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

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

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

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

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

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-repr package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.