How To Install r-cran-shiny on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-shiny
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is r-cran-shiny
r-cran-shiny is:
Makes it incredibly easy to build interactive web applications with R. Automatic “reactive” binding between inputs and outputs and extensive pre-built widgets make it possible to build beautiful, responsive, and powerful applications with minimal effort.
There are three methods to install r-cran-shiny
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-shiny 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-shiny
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install r-cran-shiny
Install r-cran-shiny Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install r-cran-shiny
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install r-cran-shiny
Install r-cran-shiny 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-shiny
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-shiny
How To Uninstall r-cran-shiny on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the r-cran-shiny
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove r-cran-shiny
Uninstall r-cran-shiny And Its Dependencies
To uninstall r-cran-shiny
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-shiny
Remove r-cran-shiny Configurations and Data
To remove r-cran-shiny
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge r-cran-shiny
Remove r-cran-shiny configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove r-cran-shiny
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge r-cran-shiny
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-shiny
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.