How To Install r-cran-date on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-date on Kali Linux. r-cran-date is GNU R package for date handling

Introduction

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

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 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-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 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-date using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-date

How To Uninstall r-cran-date on Kali Linux

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 Kali Linux, 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 Kali Linux 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 Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.