How To Install r-cran-foreign on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-foreign on Ubuntu 20.04.
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 Ubuntu 20.04. 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-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 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-foreign using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-foreign
How To Uninstall r-cran-foreign on Ubuntu 20.04
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 Ubuntu 20.04, 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 Ubuntu 20.04 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
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-foreign package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
