How To Install r-cran-pander on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-pander on Kali Linux. r-cran-pander is GNU R Pandoc writer

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-pander on Kali Linux.

What is r-cran-pander

r-cran-pander is:

Contains some functions catching all messages, ‘stdout’ and other useful information while evaluating R code and other helpers to return user specified text elements (like: header, paragraph, table, image, lists etc.) in ‘pandoc’ markdown or several type of R objects similarly automatically transformed to markdown format. Also capable of exporting/converting (the resulting) complex ‘pandoc’ documents to e.g. HTML, ‘PDF’, ‘docx’ or ‘odt’. This latter reporting feature is supported in brew syntax or with a custom reference class with a smarty caching ‘backend’.

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

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

Install r-cran-pander Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install r-cran-pander

Install r-cran-pander 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 update

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

sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-pander

How To Uninstall r-cran-pander on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove r-cran-pander

Uninstall r-cran-pander And Its Dependencies

To uninstall r-cran-pander and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

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

Remove r-cran-pander Configurations and Data

To remove r-cran-pander configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

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

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

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

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

Dependencies

r-cran-pander have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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