How To Install r-cran-future on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-future
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is r-cran-future
r-cran-future is:
In programming, a future is an abstraction for a value that may be available at some point in the future. The state of a future can either be unresolved or resolved. As soon as it is resolved, the value is available. Futures are useful constructs in for instance concurrent evaluation, e.g. parallel processing and distributed processing on compute clusters. The purpose of this package is to provide a lightweight interface for using futures in R.
There are three methods to install r-cran-future
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-future 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-future
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install r-cran-future
Install r-cran-future Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install r-cran-future
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install r-cran-future
Install r-cran-future 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-future
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-future
How To Uninstall r-cran-future on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the r-cran-future
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove r-cran-future
Uninstall r-cran-future And Its Dependencies
To uninstall r-cran-future
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-future
Remove r-cran-future Configurations and Data
To remove r-cran-future
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge r-cran-future
Remove r-cran-future configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove r-cran-future
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge r-cran-future
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-future
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.