How To Install r-cran-gower on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-gower on Kali Linux. r-cran-gower is GNU R Gowers Distance

Introduction

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

What is r-cran-gower

r-cran-gower is:

Compute Gower’s distance (or similarity) coefficient between records. Compute the top-n matches between records. Core algorithms are executed in parallel on systems supporting OpenMP.

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

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

Install r-cran-gower Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install r-cran-gower

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

sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-gower

How To Uninstall r-cran-gower on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove r-cran-gower

Uninstall r-cran-gower And Its Dependencies

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

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

Remove r-cran-gower Configurations and Data

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

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

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

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

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

Dependencies

r-cran-gower have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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