How To Install cantor-R on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install cantor-R on CentOS 8.
What is cantor-R
R backend for cantor.
We can use yum or dnf to install cantor-R on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install cantor-R.
Install cantor-R on CentOS 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install cantor-R using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install cantor-R
Install cantor-R on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install cantor-R using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install cantor-R
How To Uninstall cantor-R on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the cantor-R package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove cantor-R
cantor-R Package Contents on CentOS 8
/etc/xdg/cantor_r.knsrc
/usr/bin/cantor_rserver
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/3f
/usr/lib/.build-id/3f/e7a14ba8f67e05861f1c0a8dcbefd4968fea8d
/usr/lib/.build-id/b8/0b7af250a7245aed754c2fd5c4ffa4fc511db7
/usr/lib64/qt5/plugins/cantor/backends/cantor_rbackend.so
/usr/share/config.kcfg/rserver.kcfg
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cantor-R on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.