How To Install r-cran-isocodes on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-isocodes on Ubuntu 18.04. r-cran-isocodes is GNU R package providing tables for several ISO codes

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-isocodes on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is r-cran-isocodes

r-cran-isocodes is:

This R package provides ISO 639 language codes, ISO 3166 territory codes, ISO 4217 currency codes, ISO 15924 script codes, and the ISO 8859 character codes as well as the UN M.49 area codes.

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

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

Install r-cran-isocodes Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install r-cran-isocodes

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

sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-isocodes

How To Uninstall r-cran-isocodes on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove r-cran-isocodes

Uninstall r-cran-isocodes And Its Dependencies

To uninstall r-cran-isocodes 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-isocodes

Remove r-cran-isocodes Configurations and Data

To remove r-cran-isocodes configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

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

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

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

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

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-isocodes package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.