How To Install r-cran-argparse on Debian 12

Learn how to install r-cran-argparse on Debian 12 with this tutorial. r-cran-argparse is GNU R command line parser for optional and positional arguments

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-argparse on Debian 12.

What is r-cran-argparse

r-cran-argparse is:

This GNU R package provides a command line parser to be used with Rscript to write “#!” shebang scripts that gracefully accept positional and optional arguments and automatically generate usage.

There are three methods to install r-cran-argparse on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install r-cran-argparse Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install r-cran-argparse using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install r-cran-argparse

Install r-cran-argparse Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install r-cran-argparse using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install r-cran-argparse

Install r-cran-argparse Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install r-cran-argparse using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-argparse

How To Uninstall r-cran-argparse on Debian 12

To uninstall only the r-cran-argparse package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove r-cran-argparse

Uninstall r-cran-argparse And Its Dependencies

To uninstall r-cran-argparse and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove r-cran-argparse

Remove r-cran-argparse Configurations and Data

To remove r-cran-argparse configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge r-cran-argparse

Remove r-cran-argparse configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove r-cran-argparse configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge r-cran-argparse

Dependencies

r-cran-argparse have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-argparse package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.