How To Install r-cran-rematch on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-rematch on Ubuntu 18.04. r-cran-rematch is GNU R package to match regular expression with a nicer api

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-rematch on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is r-cran-rematch

r-cran-rematch is:

This package offers a small wrapper on ‘regexpr’ to extract the matches and captured groups from the match of a regular expression to a character vector.

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

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

Install r-cran-rematch Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install r-cran-rematch

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

sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-rematch

How To Uninstall r-cran-rematch on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove r-cran-rematch

Uninstall r-cran-rematch And Its Dependencies

To uninstall r-cran-rematch 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-rematch

Remove r-cran-rematch Configurations and Data

To remove r-cran-rematch configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

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

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

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

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

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-rematch package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.