How To Install r-cran-promises on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-promises on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is r-cran-promises
r-cran-promises is:
Provides fundamental abstractions for doing asynchronous programming in R using promises. Asynchronous programming is useful for allowing a single R process to orchestrate multiple tasks in the background while also attending to something else. Semantics are similar to ‘JavaScript’ promises, but with a syntax that is idiomatic R.
There are three methods to install r-cran-promises 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-promises 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-promises using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install r-cran-promises
Install r-cran-promises Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install r-cran-promises using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install r-cran-promises
Install r-cran-promises 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-promises using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-promises
How To Uninstall r-cran-promises on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the r-cran-promises package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove r-cran-promises
Uninstall r-cran-promises And Its Dependencies
To uninstall r-cran-promises 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-promises
Remove r-cran-promises Configurations and Data
To remove r-cran-promises configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge r-cran-promises
Remove r-cran-promises configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove r-cran-promises configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge r-cran-promises
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-promises package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.