How To Install r-cran-optparse on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-optparse
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is r-cran-optparse
r-cran-optparse is:
A command line parser inspired by Python’s ‘optparse’ library to be used with Rscript to write “#!” shebang scripts that accept short and long flag/options.
There are three methods to install r-cran-optparse
on Ubuntu 22.04. 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-optparse 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-optparse
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install r-cran-optparse
Install r-cran-optparse Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install r-cran-optparse
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install r-cran-optparse
Install r-cran-optparse 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-optparse
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-optparse
How To Uninstall r-cran-optparse on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the r-cran-optparse
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove r-cran-optparse
Uninstall r-cran-optparse And Its Dependencies
To uninstall r-cran-optparse
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove r-cran-optparse
Remove r-cran-optparse Configurations and Data
To remove r-cran-optparse
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge r-cran-optparse
Remove r-cran-optparse configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove r-cran-optparse
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge r-cran-optparse
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-optparse
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.