How To Install r-cran-date on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-date on Debian 12.
What is r-cran-date
r-cran-date is:
This CRAN package provides functions for handling dates, along with examples and documentation.
Note that this is a legacy package providing functionality that had been absent from R. However, more recent versions of R have more powerful date and datetime functionality in the base package, i.e. r-base-core under Debian.
There are three methods to install r-cran-date 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-date 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-date using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install r-cran-date
Install r-cran-date Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install r-cran-date using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install r-cran-date
Install r-cran-date 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-date using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-date
How To Uninstall r-cran-date on Debian 12
To uninstall only the r-cran-date package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove r-cran-date
Uninstall r-cran-date And Its Dependencies
To uninstall r-cran-date and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove r-cran-date
Remove r-cran-date Configurations and Data
To remove r-cran-date configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge r-cran-date
Remove r-cran-date configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove r-cran-date configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge r-cran-date
Dependencies
r-cran-date have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-date package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
