How To Install r-cran-gplots on Kali Linux

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

Introduction

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

What is r-cran-gplots

r-cran-gplots is:

This package of R programming tools for plotting data 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-gplots 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-gplots 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-gplots using apt-get by running the following command:

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

Install r-cran-gplots Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install r-cran-gplots

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

sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-gplots

How To Uninstall r-cran-gplots on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove r-cran-gplots

Uninstall r-cran-gplots And Its Dependencies

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

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

Remove r-cran-gplots Configurations and Data

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

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

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

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

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

Dependencies

r-cran-gplots have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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