How To Install r-cran-rgtk2 on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-rgtk2 on Debian 10.
What is r-cran-rgtk2
r-cran-rgtk2 is:
This package provides facilities in the S language (i.e. the language which GNU R provides) for programming graphical interfaces using Gtk, the GNOME GUI toolkit.
This package extends and updates the previous r-omegahat-rgtk package to the 2.8 release of the Gtk libraries.
There are three methods to install r-cran-rgtk2 on Debian 10. 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-rgtk2 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-rgtk2 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install r-cran-rgtk2
Install r-cran-rgtk2 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install r-cran-rgtk2 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install r-cran-rgtk2
Install r-cran-rgtk2 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-rgtk2 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-rgtk2
How To Uninstall r-cran-rgtk2 on Debian 10
To uninstall only the r-cran-rgtk2 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove r-cran-rgtk2
Uninstall r-cran-rgtk2 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall r-cran-rgtk2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove r-cran-rgtk2
Remove r-cran-rgtk2 Configurations and Data
To remove r-cran-rgtk2 configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge r-cran-rgtk2
Remove r-cran-rgtk2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove r-cran-rgtk2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge r-cran-rgtk2
Dependencies
r-cran-rgtk2 have the following dependencies:
- r-base-core
- r-api-3.5
- libatk1.0-0
- libc6
- libcairo2
- libfontconfig1
- libfreetype6
- libfribidi0
- libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0
- libglib2.0-0
- libgtk2.0-0
- libpango-1.0-0
- libpangocairo-1.0-0
- libpangoft2-1.0-0
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-rgtk2 package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.