How To Install r-cran-mime on Debian 10

Learn how to install r-cran-mime on Debian 10 with this tutorial. r-cran-mime is R package which maps filenames to MIME Types

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-mime on Debian 10.

What is r-cran-mime

r-cran-mime is:

Guesses the MIME type from a filename extension using the data derived from /etc/mime.types in UNIX-type systems.

There are three methods to install r-cran-mime on Debian 10. 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-mime 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-mime using apt-get by running the following command:

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

Install r-cran-mime Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install r-cran-mime

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

sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-mime

How To Uninstall r-cran-mime on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove r-cran-mime

Uninstall r-cran-mime And Its Dependencies

To uninstall r-cran-mime and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

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

Remove r-cran-mime Configurations and Data

To remove r-cran-mime configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

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

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

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

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

Dependencies

r-cran-mime have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-mime package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.