How To Install r-cran-plotly on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-plotly on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is r-cran-plotly
r-cran-plotly is:
Easily translate ‘ggplot2’ graphs to an interactive web-based version and/or create custom web-based visualizations directly from R. Once uploaded to a ‘plotly’ account, ‘plotly’ graphs (and the data behind them) can be viewed and modified in a web browser.
There are three methods to install r-cran-plotly on Ubuntu 18.04. 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-plotly 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-plotly using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install r-cran-plotly
Install r-cran-plotly Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install r-cran-plotly using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install r-cran-plotly
Install r-cran-plotly 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-plotly using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-plotly
How To Uninstall r-cran-plotly on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the r-cran-plotly package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove r-cran-plotly
Uninstall r-cran-plotly And Its Dependencies
To uninstall r-cran-plotly and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove r-cran-plotly
Remove r-cran-plotly Configurations and Data
To remove r-cran-plotly configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge r-cran-plotly
Remove r-cran-plotly configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove r-cran-plotly configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge r-cran-plotly
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-plotly package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
