How To Install R-blob on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install R-blob in Fedora 36. R-blob is A Simple S3 Class for Representing Vectors of Binary Data (‘BLOBS’)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install R-blob on Fedora 36.

What is `R-blob`

R’s raw vector is useful for storing a single binary object. What if you want to put a vector of them in a data frame? The blob package provides the blob object, a list of raw vectors, suitable for use as a column in data frame.

We can use yum or dnf to install R-blob on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install R-blob.

Install R-blob on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install R-blob using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install R-blob

Install R-blob on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install R-blob using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install R-blob

How To Uninstall R-blob on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the R-blob package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove R-blob

R-blob Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/share/R/library/blob
/usr/share/R/library/blob/DESCRIPTION
/usr/share/R/library/blob/INDEX
/usr/share/R/library/blob/Meta
/usr/share/R/library/blob/Meta/Rd.rds
/usr/share/R/library/blob/Meta/features.rds
/usr/share/R/library/blob/Meta/hsearch.rds
/usr/share/R/library/blob/Meta/links.rds
/usr/share/R/library/blob/Meta/nsInfo.rds
/usr/share/R/library/blob/Meta/package.rds
/usr/share/R/library/blob/NAMESPACE
/usr/share/R/library/blob/NEWS.md
/usr/share/R/library/blob/R
/usr/share/R/library/blob/R/blob
/usr/share/R/library/blob/R/blob.rdb
/usr/share/R/library/blob/R/blob.rdx
/usr/share/R/library/blob/help
/usr/share/R/library/blob/help/AnIndex
/usr/share/R/library/blob/help/aliases.rds
/usr/share/R/library/blob/help/as.blob.html
/usr/share/R/library/blob/help/as_blob.html
/usr/share/R/library/blob/help/blob.html
/usr/share/R/library/blob/help/blob.rdb
/usr/share/R/library/blob/help/blob.rdx
/usr/share/R/library/blob/help/is_blob.html
/usr/share/R/library/blob/help/new_blob.html
/usr/share/R/library/blob/help/paths.rds
/usr/share/R/library/blob/help/validate_blob.html
/usr/share/R/library/blob/help/vec_cast.blob.html
/usr/share/R/library/blob/help/vec_ptype2.blob.html
/usr/share/R/library/blob/html
/usr/share/R/library/blob/html/00Index.html
/usr/share/R/library/blob/html/R.css
/usr/share/R/library/blob/html/as.blob.html
/usr/share/R/library/blob/html/blob.html
/usr/share/R/library/blob/html/vec_cast.blob.html
/usr/share/R/library/blob/html/vec_ptype2.blob.html

References

R-blob website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install R-blob on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).