How To Install r-cran-hdf5 on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-hdf5
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is r-cran-hdf5
r-cran-hdf5 is:
This package provides the functions hdf5save and hdf5load which allow saving and loading of R variables in the Hierarchical Data Format (HDF) format. Lists, strings, vectors, matrices and higher-dimensional arrays are supported.
There are three methods to install r-cran-hdf5
on Ubuntu 20.04. 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-hdf5 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-hdf5
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install r-cran-hdf5
Install r-cran-hdf5 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install r-cran-hdf5
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install r-cran-hdf5
Install r-cran-hdf5 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-hdf5
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-hdf5
How To Uninstall r-cran-hdf5 on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the r-cran-hdf5
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove r-cran-hdf5
Uninstall r-cran-hdf5 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall r-cran-hdf5
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove r-cran-hdf5
Remove r-cran-hdf5 Configurations and Data
To remove r-cran-hdf5
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge r-cran-hdf5
Remove r-cran-hdf5 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove r-cran-hdf5
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge r-cran-hdf5
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-hdf5
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.