How To Install r-cran-generics on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-generics
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is r-cran-generics
r-cran-generics is:
This GNU R package provides a number of commonly used S3 generics that are not provided by base R methods related to model fitting in order to reduce potential package dependencies and conflicts,
There are three methods to install r-cran-generics
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-generics 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-generics
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install r-cran-generics
Install r-cran-generics Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install r-cran-generics
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install r-cran-generics
Install r-cran-generics 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-generics
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-generics
How To Uninstall r-cran-generics on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the r-cran-generics
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove r-cran-generics
Uninstall r-cran-generics And Its Dependencies
To uninstall r-cran-generics
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-generics
Remove r-cran-generics Configurations and Data
To remove r-cran-generics
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge r-cran-generics
Remove r-cran-generics configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove r-cran-generics
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge r-cran-generics
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-generics
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.