How To Install r-cran-foreign on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-foreign on Kali Linux. r-cran-foreign is GNU R package to read/write data from other stat. systems

Introduction

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

What is r-cran-foreign

r-cran-foreign is:

This package provides functions for reading and writing data stored by statistical packages such as Minitab, S, SAS, SPSS, Stata, …

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-foreign 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-foreign 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-foreign using apt-get by running the following command:

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

Install r-cran-foreign Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install r-cran-foreign

Install r-cran-foreign 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-foreign using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-foreign

How To Uninstall r-cran-foreign on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove r-cran-foreign

Uninstall r-cran-foreign And Its Dependencies

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

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

Remove r-cran-foreign Configurations and Data

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

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

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

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

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

Dependencies

r-cran-foreign have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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