How To Install r-cran-rex on Debian 11

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-rex on Debian 11.

What is r-cran-rex

r-cran-rex is:

This GNU R package provides a friendly interface for the construction of regular expressions.

It is very helpful to parse server log files as well as URLs.

There are three methods to install r-cran-rex on Debian 11. 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-rex 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-rex using apt-get by running the following command:

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

Install r-cran-rex Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install r-cran-rex

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

sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-rex

How To Uninstall r-cran-rex on Debian 11

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

sudo apt-get remove r-cran-rex

Uninstall r-cran-rex And Its Dependencies

To uninstall r-cran-rex and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

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

Remove r-cran-rex Configurations and Data

To remove r-cran-rex configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

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

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

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

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

Dependencies

r-cran-rex have the following dependencies:

• r-base-core
• r-api-4.0
• r-cran-lazyeval

References

• r-cran-rex website
• r-cran-rex on packages.debian.org

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-rex package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.