How To Install r-cran-plotrix on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-plotrix on Kali Linux. r-cran-plotrix is GNU R package providing various plotting functions

Introduction

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

What is r-cran-plotrix

r-cran-plotrix is:

This R package provides lots of plots, various labeling, axis and color scaling functions. Some of them are:

arctext: Display text on a circular arc. barhier: Display a set of hierarchically associated variables barp: A bar plotting routine bin.wind.records: Classify wind direction and speed records. centipede.plot: Display a centipede plot clock24.plot: Plot values on a 24 hour “clockface”. color.legend: Legend matching categories or values to colors dotplot.mtb: Minitab style dotplots. gantt.chart: Display a Gantt chart intersectDiagram: Display set intersections multhist: Plot a multiple histogram, as a barplot polar.plot: Plot values on a circular grid of 0 to 360 degrees. vectorField: Display magnitude/direction vectors weighted.hist: Display a weighted histogram

and many more. Read more about this package at http://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/plotrix/plotrix.pdf

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

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

Install r-cran-plotrix Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install r-cran-plotrix

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

sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-plotrix

How To Uninstall r-cran-plotrix on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove r-cran-plotrix

Uninstall r-cran-plotrix And Its Dependencies

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

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

Remove r-cran-plotrix Configurations and Data

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

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

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

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

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

Dependencies

r-cran-plotrix have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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