How To Install r-cran-maptools on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-maptools on Kali Linux.
What is r-cran-maptools
r-cran-maptools is:
Set of tools for manipulating and reading geographic data, in particular ESRI shapefiles; C code used from shapelib. It includes binary access to GSHHS shoreline files. The package also provides interface wrappers for exchanging spatial objects with packages such as PBSmapping, spatstat, maps, RArcInfo, Stata tmap, WinBUGS, Mondrian, and others.
There are three methods to install r-cran-maptools on Kali Linux. 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-maptools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install r-cran-maptools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install r-cran-maptoolsInstall r-cran-maptools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install r-cran-maptools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install r-cran-maptoolsInstall r-cran-maptools Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude updateAfter updating apt database, We can install r-cran-maptools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-maptoolsHow To Uninstall r-cran-maptools on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the r-cran-maptools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove r-cran-maptoolsUninstall r-cran-maptools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall r-cran-maptools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove r-cran-maptoolsRemove r-cran-maptools Configurations and Data
To remove r-cran-maptools configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge r-cran-maptoolsRemove r-cran-maptools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove r-cran-maptools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge r-cran-maptoolsDependencies
r-cran-maptools have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-maptools package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.