How To Install r-cran-stringdist on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-stringdist on Kali Linux. r-cran-stringdist is GNU R approximate string matching and string distance functions

Introduction

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

What is r-cran-stringdist

r-cran-stringdist is:

Implements an approximate string matching version of R’s native ‘match’ function. Can calculate various string distances based on edits (Damerau- Levenshtein, Hamming, Levenshtein, optimal sting alignment), qgrams (q- gram, cosine, jaccard distance) or heuristic metrics (Jaro, Jaro- Winkler). An implementation of soundex is provided as well. Distances can be computed between character vectors while taking proper care of encoding or between integer vectors representing generic sequences.

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

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

Install r-cran-stringdist Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install r-cran-stringdist

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

sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-stringdist

How To Uninstall r-cran-stringdist on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove r-cran-stringdist

Uninstall r-cran-stringdist And Its Dependencies

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

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

Remove r-cran-stringdist Configurations and Data

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

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

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

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

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

Dependencies

r-cran-stringdist have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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