How To Install r-cran-sys on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-sys on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is r-cran-sys
r-cran-sys is:
Drop-in replacements for the base system2() function with fine control and consistent behavior across platforms. Supports clean interruption, timeout, background tasks, and streaming STDIN / STDOUT / STDERR over binary or text connections. Arguments on Windows automatically get encoded and quoted to work on different locales. On Unix platforms the package also provides functions for evaluating expressions inside a temporary fork. Such evaluations have no side effects on the main R process, and support reliable interrupts and timeouts. This provides the basis for a sandboxing mechanism.
There are three methods to install r-cran-sys 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-sys 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-sys using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install r-cran-sys
Install r-cran-sys Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install r-cran-sys using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install r-cran-sys
Install r-cran-sys 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-sys using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-sys
How To Uninstall r-cran-sys on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the r-cran-sys package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove r-cran-sys
Uninstall r-cran-sys And Its Dependencies
To uninstall r-cran-sys 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-sys
Remove r-cran-sys Configurations and Data
To remove r-cran-sys configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge r-cran-sys
Remove r-cran-sys configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove r-cran-sys configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge r-cran-sys
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-sys package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
