How To Install r-cran-pkgdown on Debian 12

Learn how to install r-cran-pkgdown on Debian 12 with this tutorial. r-cran-pkgdown is make static HTML documentation for a GNU R package

Introduction

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

What is r-cran-pkgdown

r-cran-pkgdown is:

Generate an attractive and useful website from a source package. ‘pkgdown’ converts your documentation, vignettes, ‘README’, and more to ‘HTML’ making it easy to share information about your package online.

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

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

Install r-cran-pkgdown Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install r-cran-pkgdown

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

sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-pkgdown

How To Uninstall r-cran-pkgdown on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove r-cran-pkgdown

Uninstall r-cran-pkgdown And Its Dependencies

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

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

Remove r-cran-pkgdown Configurations and Data

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

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

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

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

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

Dependencies

r-cran-pkgdown have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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