How To Install r-cran-zip on Debian 10

Learn how to install r-cran-zip on Debian 10 with this tutorial. r-cran-zip is GNU R package to read and write XLSX files

Introduction

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

What is r-cran-zip

r-cran-zip is:

The zip package provides a cross-Platform ‘zip’ compression library. A replacement for the ‘zip’ function, that does not require any additional external tools on any platform.

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

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

Install r-cran-zip Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install r-cran-zip

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

sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-zip

How To Uninstall r-cran-zip on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove r-cran-zip

Uninstall r-cran-zip And Its Dependencies

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

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

Remove r-cran-zip Configurations and Data

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

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

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

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

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

Dependencies

r-cran-zip have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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