How To Install r-cran-remotes on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-remotes on Debian 12.
What is r-cran-remotes
r-cran-remotes is:
Download and install R packages stored in ‘GitHub’, ‘BitBucket’, or plain ‘subversion’ or ‘git’ repositories. This package is a lightweight replacement of the ‘install_*’ functions in ‘devtools’. Indeed most of the code was copied over from ‘devtools’.
There are three methods to install r-cran-remotes 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-remotes 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-remotes using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install r-cran-remotes
Install r-cran-remotes Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install r-cran-remotes using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install r-cran-remotes
Install r-cran-remotes 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-remotes using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-remotes
How To Uninstall r-cran-remotes on Debian 12
To uninstall only the r-cran-remotes package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove r-cran-remotes
Uninstall r-cran-remotes And Its Dependencies
To uninstall r-cran-remotes and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove r-cran-remotes
Remove r-cran-remotes Configurations and Data
To remove r-cran-remotes configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge r-cran-remotes
Remove r-cran-remotes configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove r-cran-remotes configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge r-cran-remotes
Dependencies
r-cran-remotes have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-remotes package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
