How To Install r-cran-flextable on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-flextable on Debian 12.
What is r-cran-flextable
r-cran-flextable is:
Create pretty tables for ‘HTML’, ‘PDF’, ‘Microsoft Word’ and ‘Microsoft PowerPoint’ documents from ‘R Markdown’. Functions are provided to let users create tables, modify and format their content. It also extends package ‘officer’ that does not contain any feature for customized tabular reporting.
There are three methods to install r-cran-flextable 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-flextable 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-flextable using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install r-cran-flextable
Install r-cran-flextable Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install r-cran-flextable using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install r-cran-flextable
Install r-cran-flextable 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-flextable using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-flextable
How To Uninstall r-cran-flextable on Debian 12
To uninstall only the r-cran-flextable package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove r-cran-flextable
Uninstall r-cran-flextable And Its Dependencies
To uninstall r-cran-flextable and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove r-cran-flextable
Remove r-cran-flextable Configurations and Data
To remove r-cran-flextable configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge r-cran-flextable
Remove r-cran-flextable configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove r-cran-flextable configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge r-cran-flextable
Dependencies
r-cran-flextable have the following dependencies:
- r-base-core
- r-api-4.0
- r-cran-officer
- r-cran-rmarkdown
- r-cran-knitr
- r-cran-htmltools
- r-cran-xml2
- r-cran-data.table
- r-cran-uuid
- r-cran-gdtools
- r-cran-rlang
- r-cran-base64enc
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-flextable package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
