How To Install cantor-R on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install cantor-R on Rocky Linux 8. cantor-R is R backend for cantor

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cantor-R on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `cantor-R`

R backend for cantor.

We can use yum or dnf to install cantor-R on Rocky Linux 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 Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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 Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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 Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove cantor-R

cantor-R Package Contents on Rocky Linux 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

cantor-R website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install cantor-R on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.