How To Install r-cran-rsclient on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-rsclient on Kali Linux. r-cran-rsclient is GNU R package providing an Rserve client

Introduction

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

What is r-cran-rsclient

r-cran-rsclient is:

This package provides a client for Rserve, allowing to connect to Rserve instances and issue commands.

Rserve is provided by the ‘rserve’ package in Debian.

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

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

Install r-cran-rsclient Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install r-cran-rsclient

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

sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-rsclient

How To Uninstall r-cran-rsclient on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove r-cran-rsclient

Uninstall r-cran-rsclient And Its Dependencies

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

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

Remove r-cran-rsclient Configurations and Data

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

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

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

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

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

Dependencies

r-cran-rsclient have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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