How To Install r-cran-stars on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-stars on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is r-cran-stars
r-cran-stars is:
This package provides support for scalable, spatiotemporal tidy arrays in GNU R, using GDAL bindings.
Package stars provides infrastructure for data cubes, array data with labeled dimensions, with emphasis on arrays where some of the dimensions relate to time and/or space.
There are three methods to install r-cran-stars 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-stars 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-stars using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install r-cran-stars
Install r-cran-stars Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install r-cran-stars using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install r-cran-stars
Install r-cran-stars 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-stars using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-stars
How To Uninstall r-cran-stars on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the r-cran-stars package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove r-cran-stars
Uninstall r-cran-stars And Its Dependencies
To uninstall r-cran-stars 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-stars
Remove r-cran-stars Configurations and Data
To remove r-cran-stars configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge r-cran-stars
Remove r-cran-stars configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove r-cran-stars configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge r-cran-stars
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-stars package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.