How To Install r-cran-rsclient on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-rsclient on Ubuntu 20.04.
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 Ubuntu 20.04. 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 first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 20.04
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 Ubuntu 20.04, 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 Ubuntu 20.04 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
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-rsclient package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.