How To Install r-cran-xfun on Debian 12

Learn how to install r-cran-xfun on Debian 12 with this tutorial. r-cran-xfun is miscellaneous GNU R functions by Yihui Xie

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-xfun on Debian 12.

What is r-cran-xfun

r-cran-xfun is:

This package provides miscellaneous functions for GNU R commonly used in other packages maintained by ‘Yihui Xie’. For instance it is needed in r-cran-tinytex.

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

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

Install r-cran-xfun Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install r-cran-xfun

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

sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-xfun

How To Uninstall r-cran-xfun on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove r-cran-xfun

Uninstall r-cran-xfun And Its Dependencies

To uninstall r-cran-xfun and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

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

Remove r-cran-xfun Configurations and Data

To remove r-cran-xfun configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

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

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

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

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

Dependencies

r-cran-xfun have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-xfun package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.