How To Install r-cran-rotl on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-rotl on Kali Linux. r-cran-rotl is GNU R interface to the Open Tree of Life API

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-rotl on Kali Linux.

What is r-cran-rotl

r-cran-rotl is:

An interface to the ‘Open Tree of Life’ API to retrieve phylogenetic trees, information about studies used to assemble the synthetic tree, and utilities to match taxonomic names to ‘Open Tree identifiers’. The ‘Open Tree of Life’ aims at assembling a comprehensive phylogenetic tree for all named species.

There are three methods to install r-cran-rotl 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-rotl 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-rotl using apt-get by running the following command:

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

Install r-cran-rotl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install r-cran-rotl

Install r-cran-rotl 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 update

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

sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-rotl

How To Uninstall r-cran-rotl on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove r-cran-rotl

Uninstall r-cran-rotl And Its Dependencies

To uninstall r-cran-rotl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

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

Remove r-cran-rotl Configurations and Data

To remove r-cran-rotl configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

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

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

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

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

Dependencies

r-cran-rotl have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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