How To Install r-cran-wikipedir on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-wikipedir
on Ubuntu 20.04.
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 Ubuntu 20.04. 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-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 Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 20.04
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 Ubuntu 20.04, 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 Ubuntu 20.04 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
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-wikipedir
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.