How To Install r-cran-cairodevice on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-cairodevice on Debian 10.
What is r-cran-cairodevice
r-cran-cairodevice is:
This CRAN package provides a Cairo/GTK2 graphics device for GNU R that, in addition to standalone functionality, can be used to create devices as embedded components in a GUI using a Gtk drawing area widget, e.g. using RGtk2.
There are three methods to install r-cran-cairodevice on Debian 10. 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-cairodevice 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-cairodevice using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install r-cran-cairodevice
Install r-cran-cairodevice Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install r-cran-cairodevice using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install r-cran-cairodevice
Install r-cran-cairodevice 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-cairodevice using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-cairodevice
How To Uninstall r-cran-cairodevice on Debian 10
To uninstall only the r-cran-cairodevice package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove r-cran-cairodevice
Uninstall r-cran-cairodevice And Its Dependencies
To uninstall r-cran-cairodevice and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove r-cran-cairodevice
Remove r-cran-cairodevice Configurations and Data
To remove r-cran-cairodevice configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge r-cran-cairodevice
Remove r-cran-cairodevice configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove r-cran-cairodevice configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge r-cran-cairodevice
Dependencies
r-cran-cairodevice have the following dependencies:
- r-base-core
- r-api-3.5
- libatk1.0-0
- libc6
- libcairo2
- libfontconfig1
- libfreetype6
- libfribidi0
- libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0
- libglib2.0-0
- libgtk2.0-0
- libpango-1.0-0
- libpangocairo-1.0-0
- libpangoft2-1.0-0
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-cairodevice package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.