How To Install R-littler on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install R-littler on AlmaLinux 8.
What is R-littler
A scripting and command-line front-end is provided by ‘r’ (aka ’littler’) as a lightweight binary wrapper around the GNU R language and environment for statistical computing and graphics. While R can be used in batch mode, the r binary adds full support for both ‘shebang’-style scripting (i.e. using a hash-mark-exclamation-path expression as the first line in scripts) as well as command-line use in standard Unix pipelines. In other words, r provides the R language without the environment.
We can use yum or dnf to install R-littler on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install R-littler.
Install R-littler on AlmaLinux 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install R-littler using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install R-littler
Install R-littler on AlmaLinux 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install R-littler using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install R-littler
How To Uninstall R-littler on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the R-littler package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove R-littler
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install R-littler on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.
