How To Install r-cran-sourcetools on Debian 10

Learn how to install r-cran-sourcetools on Debian 10 with this tutorial. r-cran-sourcetools is tools for reading, tokenizing and parsing R code

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-sourcetools on Debian 10.

What is r-cran-sourcetools

r-cran-sourcetools is:

Tools for the reading and tokenization of R code. The ‘sourcetools’ package provides both an R and C++ interface for the tokenization of R code, and helpers for interacting with the tokenized representation of R code.

There are three methods to install r-cran-sourcetools on Debian 10. 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-sourcetools 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-sourcetools using apt-get by running the following command:

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

Install r-cran-sourcetools Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install r-cran-sourcetools

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

sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-sourcetools

How To Uninstall r-cran-sourcetools on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove r-cran-sourcetools

Uninstall r-cran-sourcetools And Its Dependencies

To uninstall r-cran-sourcetools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove r-cran-sourcetools

Remove r-cran-sourcetools Configurations and Data

To remove r-cran-sourcetools configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

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

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

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

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

Dependencies

r-cran-sourcetools have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-sourcetools package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.