How To Install r-cran-wikipedir on Debian 10

Learn how to install r-cran-wikipedir on Debian 10 with this tutorial. r-cran-wikipedir is GNU R MediaWiki API Wrapper

Introduction

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

What is r-cran-wikipedir

r-cran-wikipedir is:

A wrapper for the MediaWiki API, aimed particularly at the Wikimedia ‘production’ wikis, such as Wikipedia. It can be used to retrieve page text, information about users or the history of pages, and elements of the category tree.

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

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

Install r-cran-wikipedir Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install r-cran-wikipedir

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

sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-wikipedir

How To Uninstall r-cran-wikipedir on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove r-cran-wikipedir

Uninstall r-cran-wikipedir And Its Dependencies

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

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

Remove r-cran-wikipedir Configurations and Data

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

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

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

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

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

Dependencies

r-cran-wikipedir have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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