How To Install r-cran-hwriter on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-hwriter on Debian 9. r-cran-hwriter is HTML Writer - Outputs R objects in HTML format

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-hwriter on Debian 9.

What is r-cran-hwriter

r-cran-hwriter is:

The GNU R package hwriter provides an easy-to-use and versatile functions to output R objects in HTML format. It supports advanced formatting, tables, CSS styling, images and provides a convenient mapping between R tables and HTML tables.

The package provides the following functions (but most of the job is carried out by hwrite): hwrite: outputs an R object in HTML format. hwriteImage: writes an image. openPage, closePage: handles HTML page/document creation. hmakeTag: is a low-level HTML tag formatting function.

There are three methods to install r-cran-hwriter on Debian 9. 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-hwriter 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-hwriter using apt-get by running the following command:

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

Install r-cran-hwriter Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install r-cran-hwriter

Install r-cran-hwriter 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-hwriter

How To Uninstall r-cran-hwriter on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove r-cran-hwriter

Uninstall r-cran-hwriter And Its Dependencies

To uninstall r-cran-hwriter and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

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

Remove r-cran-hwriter Configurations and Data

To remove r-cran-hwriter configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

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

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

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

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

Dependencies

r-cran-hwriter have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-hwriter package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.