How To Install r-cran-stringi on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-stringi on Kali Linux. r-cran-stringi is GNU R character string processing facilities

Introduction

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

What is r-cran-stringi

r-cran-stringi is:

Allows for fast, correct, consistent, portable, as well as convenient character string/text processing in every locale and any native encoding. Owing to the use of the ICU library, the package provides R users with platform-independent functions known to Java, Perl, Python, PHP, and Ruby programmers. Among available features there are: pattern searching (e.g. via regular expressions), random string generation, string collation, transliteration, concatenation, date-time formatting and parsing, etc.

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

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

Install r-cran-stringi Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install r-cran-stringi

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

sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-stringi

How To Uninstall r-cran-stringi on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove r-cran-stringi

Uninstall r-cran-stringi And Its Dependencies

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

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

Remove r-cran-stringi Configurations and Data

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

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

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

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

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

Dependencies

r-cran-stringi have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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