How To Install r-cran-gdata on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-gdata on Kali Linux. r-cran-gdata is GNU R package with data manipulation tools by Greg Warnes et al

Introduction

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

What is r-cran-gdata

r-cran-gdata is:

This package of R programming tools was written by Gregory Warnes with code contributions by Ben Bolker and Thomas Lumley.

This package used to be part of the gregmisc bundle packaged for Debian as r-cran-gregmisc.

There are three methods to install r-cran-gdata 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-gdata 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-gdata using apt-get by running the following command:

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

Install r-cran-gdata Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install r-cran-gdata

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

sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-gdata

How To Uninstall r-cran-gdata on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove r-cran-gdata

Uninstall r-cran-gdata And Its Dependencies

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

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

Remove r-cran-gdata Configurations and Data

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

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

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

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

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

Dependencies

r-cran-gdata have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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