How To Install r-cran-globals on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-globals on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is r-cran-globals
r-cran-globals is:
Identifies global (“unknown”) objects in R expressions by code inspection using various strategies, e.g. conservative or liberal. The objective of this package is to make it as simple as possible to identify global objects for the purpose of exporting them in distributed compute environments.
There are three methods to install r-cran-globals on Ubuntu 18.04. 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-globals 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-globals using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install r-cran-globals
Install r-cran-globals Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install r-cran-globals using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install r-cran-globals
Install r-cran-globals 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-globals using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-globals
How To Uninstall r-cran-globals on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the r-cran-globals package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove r-cran-globals
Uninstall r-cran-globals And Its Dependencies
To uninstall r-cran-globals and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove r-cran-globals
Remove r-cran-globals Configurations and Data
To remove r-cran-globals configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge r-cran-globals
Remove r-cran-globals configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove r-cran-globals configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge r-cran-globals
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-globals package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
