How To Install r-cran-tzdb on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-tzdb on Debian 12.
What is r-cran-tzdb
r-cran-tzdb is:
The package provides an up-to-date copy of the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) Time Zone Database. It is updated periodically to reflect changes made by political bodies to time zone boundaries, UTC offsets, and daylight saving time rules. Additionally, this package provides a C++ interface for working with the ‘date’ library. ‘date’ provides comprehensive support for working with dates and date-times, which this package exposes to make it easier for other R packages to utilize. Headers are provided for calendar specific calculations, along with a limited interface for time zone manipulations.
There are three methods to install r-cran-tzdb on Debian 12. 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-tzdb 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-tzdb using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install r-cran-tzdb
Install r-cran-tzdb Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install r-cran-tzdb using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install r-cran-tzdb
Install r-cran-tzdb 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-tzdb using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-tzdb
How To Uninstall r-cran-tzdb on Debian 12
To uninstall only the r-cran-tzdb package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove r-cran-tzdb
Uninstall r-cran-tzdb And Its Dependencies
To uninstall r-cran-tzdb and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove r-cran-tzdb
Remove r-cran-tzdb Configurations and Data
To remove r-cran-tzdb configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge r-cran-tzdb
Remove r-cran-tzdb configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove r-cran-tzdb configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge r-cran-tzdb
Dependencies
r-cran-tzdb have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-tzdb package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
