How To Install r-cran-reprex on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-reprex on Debian 11.
What is r-cran-reprex
r-cran-reprex is:
Convenience wrapper that uses the ‘rmarkdown’ package to render small snippets of code to target formats that include both code and output. The goal is to encourage the sharing of small, reproducible, and runnable examples on code-oriented websites, such as https://stackoverflow.com and https://github.com, or in email. The user’s clipboard is the default source of input code and the default target for rendered output. ‘reprex’ also extracts clean, runnable R code from various common formats, such as copy/paste from an R session.
There are three methods to install r-cran-reprex on Debian 11. 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-reprex 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-reprex using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install r-cran-reprex
Install r-cran-reprex Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install r-cran-reprex using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install r-cran-reprex
Install r-cran-reprex 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install r-cran-reprex using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-reprex
How To Uninstall r-cran-reprex on Debian 11
To uninstall only the r-cran-reprex package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove r-cran-reprex
Uninstall r-cran-reprex And Its Dependencies
To uninstall r-cran-reprex and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove r-cran-reprex
Remove r-cran-reprex Configurations and Data
To remove r-cran-reprex configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge r-cran-reprex
Remove r-cran-reprex configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove r-cran-reprex configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge r-cran-reprex
Dependencies
r-cran-reprex have the following dependencies:
- r-base-core
- r-api-4.0
- r-cran-callr
- r-cran-cli
- r-cran-clipr
- r-cran-fs
- r-cran-glue
- r-cran-knitr
- r-cran-rlang
- r-cran-rmarkdown
- r-cran-withr
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-reprex package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
