How To Install R2spec on Fedora 34
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install R2spec on Fedora 34.
What is R2spec
R2spec is a small python tool that generates spec file for R libraries. It can work from a URL or a tarball. R2spec provides R2rpm which generates rpm for R libraries using the R2spec API.
We can use yum or dnf to install R2spec on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install R2spec.
Install R2spec on Fedora 34 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
Fedora 34 - x86_64 20 kB/s | 6.6 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64 1.4 kB/s | 989 B 00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 68 kB/s | 6.5 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates 3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB 00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates 17 kB/s | 5.9 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install R2spec using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install R2spec
Install R2spec on Fedora 34 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
Fedora 34 - x86_64 20 kB/s | 6.6 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64 1.4 kB/s | 989 B 00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 68 kB/s | 6.5 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates 3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB 00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates 17 kB/s | 5.9 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install R2spec using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install R2spec
How To Uninstall R2spec on Fedora 34
To uninstall only the R2spec package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove R2spec
R2spec Package Contents on Fedora 34
/etc/R2spec/repos.cfg
/usr/bin/R2rpm
/usr/bin/R2spec
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/R2spec-5.0.0-py3.9.egg-info
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/R2spec-5.0.0-py3.9.egg-info/PKG-INFO
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/R2spec-5.0.0-py3.9.egg-info/SOURCES.txt
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/R2spec-5.0.0-py3.9.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/R2spec-5.0.0-py3.9.egg-info/top_level.txt
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/r2spec
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/r2spec/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/r2spec/__pycache__
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/r2spec/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-39.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/r2spec/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-39.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/r2spec/__pycache__/build.cpython-39.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/r2spec/__pycache__/build.cpython-39.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/r2spec/__pycache__/r2spec_obj.cpython-39.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/r2spec/__pycache__/r2spec_obj.cpython-39.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/r2spec/__pycache__/rpackage.cpython-39.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/r2spec/__pycache__/rpackage.cpython-39.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/r2spec/__pycache__/spec.cpython-39.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/r2spec/__pycache__/spec.cpython-39.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/r2spec/build.py
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/r2spec/r2spec_obj.py
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/r2spec/rpackage.py
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/r2spec/spec.py
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/r2spec/specfile.tpl
/usr/share/doc/R2spec
/usr/share/doc/R2spec/CHANGELOG
/usr/share/doc/R2spec/LICENSE
/usr/share/doc/R2spec/README
/usr/share/man/man1/R2rpm.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/R2spec.1.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install R2spec on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.
