How To Install r-cran-remotes on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-remotes on Kali Linux.
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 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-remotes Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install r-cran-remotes using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install r-cran-remotesInstall r-cran-remotes Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install r-cran-remotes using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install r-cran-remotesInstall r-cran-remotes 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install r-cran-remotes using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-remotesHow To Uninstall r-cran-remotes on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the r-cran-remotes package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove r-cran-remotesUninstall r-cran-remotes And Its Dependencies
To uninstall r-cran-remotes and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove r-cran-remotesRemove r-cran-remotes Configurations and Data
To remove r-cran-remotes configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge r-cran-remotesRemove 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-remotesDependencies
r-cran-remotes have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-remotes package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.