How To Install r-cran-snowballc on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-snowballc on Ubuntu 22.04. r-cran-snowballc is Snowball stemmers based on the C libstemmer UTF-8 library

Introduction

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

What is r-cran-snowballc

r-cran-snowballc is:

An R interface to the C libstemmer library that implements Porter’s word stemming algorithm for collapsing words to a common root to aid comparison of vocabulary. Currently supported languages are Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish and Turkish.

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

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

Install r-cran-snowballc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install r-cran-snowballc

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

sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-snowballc

How To Uninstall r-cran-snowballc on Ubuntu 22.04

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

sudo apt-get remove r-cran-snowballc

Uninstall r-cran-snowballc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall r-cran-snowballc 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-snowballc

Remove r-cran-snowballc Configurations and Data

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

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

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

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

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

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Summary

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