How To Install r-cran-rmarkdown on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-rmarkdown on Debian 12.
What is r-cran-rmarkdown
r-cran-rmarkdown is:
R Markdown is a framework for creating documents that mix R code with markdown to produce visually pleasing, high quality and reproducible reports. It supports various output formats, including HTML, PDF, Microsoft Word and Beamer.
Please note: Upstream rmarkdown contains export to ioslides. This was removed from the Debian package due to not existing license statement. If you need this functionality you need to install rmarkdown manually from CRAN.
There are three methods to install r-cran-rmarkdown 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-rmarkdown 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-rmarkdown using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install r-cran-rmarkdown
Install r-cran-rmarkdown Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install r-cran-rmarkdown using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install r-cran-rmarkdown
Install r-cran-rmarkdown 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-rmarkdown using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-rmarkdown
How To Uninstall r-cran-rmarkdown on Debian 12
To uninstall only the r-cran-rmarkdown package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove r-cran-rmarkdown
Uninstall r-cran-rmarkdown And Its Dependencies
To uninstall r-cran-rmarkdown and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove r-cran-rmarkdown
Remove r-cran-rmarkdown Configurations and Data
To remove r-cran-rmarkdown configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge r-cran-rmarkdown
Remove r-cran-rmarkdown configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove r-cran-rmarkdown configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge r-cran-rmarkdown
Dependencies
r-cran-rmarkdown have the following dependencies:
- r-base-core
- r-api-4.0
- r-cran-bslib
- r-cran-evaluate
- r-cran-htmltools
- r-cran-jsonlite
- r-cran-knitr
- r-cran-stringr
- r-cran-tinytex
- r-cran-xfun
- r-cran-yaml
- libjs-bootstrap
- libjs-highlight.js
- libjs-jquery-ui
- libjs-modernizr
- libjs-prettify
- r-cran-jquerylib
- fonts-font-awesome
- pandoc
- r-cran-shiny
- node-html5shiv
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-rmarkdown package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
