How To Install r-cran-gtools on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-gtools on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is r-cran-gtools
r-cran-gtools is:
This package of R programming tools 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-gtools 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-gtools 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-gtools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install r-cran-gtools
Install r-cran-gtools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install r-cran-gtools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install r-cran-gtools
Install r-cran-gtools 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-gtools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-gtools
How To Uninstall r-cran-gtools on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the r-cran-gtools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove r-cran-gtools
Uninstall r-cran-gtools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall r-cran-gtools 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-gtools
Remove r-cran-gtools Configurations and Data
To remove r-cran-gtools configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge r-cran-gtools
Remove r-cran-gtools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove r-cran-gtools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge r-cran-gtools
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-gtools package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
