How To Install r-cran-codetools on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-codetools on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is r-cran-codetools
r-cran-codetools is:
This package provides functions for code analysis for R.
This package is part of the set of packages that are ‘recommended’ by R Core and shipped with upstream source releases of R itself.
There are three methods to install r-cran-codetools 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-codetools 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-codetools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install r-cran-codetools
Install r-cran-codetools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install r-cran-codetools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install r-cran-codetools
Install r-cran-codetools 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-codetools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-codetools
How To Uninstall r-cran-codetools on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the r-cran-codetools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove r-cran-codetools
Uninstall r-cran-codetools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall r-cran-codetools 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-codetools
Remove r-cran-codetools Configurations and Data
To remove r-cran-codetools configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge r-cran-codetools
Remove r-cran-codetools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove r-cran-codetools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge r-cran-codetools
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-codetools package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
