How To Install r-cran-cli on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-cli on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is r-cran-cli
r-cran-cli is:
A suite of tools designed to build attractive command line interfaces (‘CLIs’). Includes tools for drawing rules, boxes, trees, and ‘Unicode’ symbols with ‘ASCII’ alternatives.
There are three methods to install r-cran-cli on Ubuntu 18.04. 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-cli 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-cli using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install r-cran-cli
Install r-cran-cli Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install r-cran-cli using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install r-cran-cli
Install r-cran-cli 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install r-cran-cli using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-cli
How To Uninstall r-cran-cli on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the r-cran-cli package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove r-cran-cli
Uninstall r-cran-cli And Its Dependencies
To uninstall r-cran-cli and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove r-cran-cli
Remove r-cran-cli Configurations and Data
To remove r-cran-cli configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge r-cran-cli
Remove r-cran-cli configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove r-cran-cli configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge r-cran-cli
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-cli package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
