How To Install r-cran-rvest on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-rvest on Kali Linux. r-cran-rvest is Easily Harvest (Scrape) Web Pages

Introduction

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

What is r-cran-rvest

r-cran-rvest is:

Wrappers around the ‘xml2’ and ‘httr’ packages to make it easy to download, then manipulate, HTML and XML.

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

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

Install r-cran-rvest Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install r-cran-rvest

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

sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-rvest

How To Uninstall r-cran-rvest on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove r-cran-rvest

Uninstall r-cran-rvest And Its Dependencies

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

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

Remove r-cran-rvest Configurations and Data

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

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

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

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

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

Dependencies

r-cran-rvest have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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