How To Install r-cran-clisymbols on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-clisymbols on Kali Linux. r-cran-clisymbols is Unicode Symbols at the R Prompt

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-clisymbols on Kali Linux.

What is r-cran-clisymbols

r-cran-clisymbols is:

A small subset of Unicode symbols, that are useful when building command line applications. They fall back to alternatives on terminals that do not support Unicode. Many symbols were taken from the ‘figures’ ’npm’ package (see https://github.com/sindresorhus/figures).

There are three methods to install r-cran-clisymbols on Kali Linux. 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-clisymbols 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-clisymbols using apt-get by running the following command:

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

Install r-cran-clisymbols Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install r-cran-clisymbols

Install r-cran-clisymbols Using aptitude

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

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-clisymbols

How To Uninstall r-cran-clisymbols on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove r-cran-clisymbols

Uninstall r-cran-clisymbols And Its Dependencies

To uninstall r-cran-clisymbols and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

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

Remove r-cran-clisymbols Configurations and Data

To remove r-cran-clisymbols configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

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

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

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

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

Dependencies

r-cran-clisymbols have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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