How To Install r-cran-gitcreds on Debian 12

Learn how to install r-cran-gitcreds on Debian 12 with this tutorial. r-cran-gitcreds is query git credentials from GNU R

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-gitcreds on Debian 12.

What is r-cran-gitcreds

r-cran-gitcreds is:

Query, set, delete credentials from the ‘git’ credential store. Manage ‘GitHub’ tokens and other ‘git’ credentials. This package is to be used by other packages that need to authenticate to ‘GitHub’ and/or other ‘git’ repositories.

There are three methods to install r-cran-gitcreds on Debian 12. 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-gitcreds 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-gitcreds using apt-get by running the following command:

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

Install r-cran-gitcreds Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install r-cran-gitcreds

Install r-cran-gitcreds 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-gitcreds

How To Uninstall r-cran-gitcreds on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove r-cran-gitcreds

Uninstall r-cran-gitcreds And Its Dependencies

To uninstall r-cran-gitcreds and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

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

Remove r-cran-gitcreds Configurations and Data

To remove r-cran-gitcreds configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

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

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

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

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

Dependencies

r-cran-gitcreds have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-gitcreds package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.