How To Install r-cran-lintr on Debian 12

Learn how to install r-cran-lintr on Debian 12 with this tutorial. r-cran-lintr is Linter for R Code

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-lintr on Debian 12.

What is r-cran-lintr

r-cran-lintr is:

Checks adherence to a given style, syntax errors and possible semantic issues. Supports on the fly checking of R code edited with RStudio IDE, Emacs, Vim, Sublime Text and Atom.

There are three methods to install r-cran-lintr on Debian 12. 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-lintr 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-lintr using apt-get by running the following command:

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

Install r-cran-lintr Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install r-cran-lintr

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

sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-lintr

How To Uninstall r-cran-lintr on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove r-cran-lintr

Uninstall r-cran-lintr And Its Dependencies

To uninstall r-cran-lintr and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

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

Remove r-cran-lintr Configurations and Data

To remove r-cran-lintr configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

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

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

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

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

Dependencies

r-cran-lintr have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-lintr package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.