How To Install r-cran-triebeard on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-triebeard on Ubuntu 18.04. r-cran-triebeard is GNU R radix trees in Rcpp

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-triebeard on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is r-cran-triebeard

r-cran-triebeard is:

‘Radix trees’, or ’tries’, are key-value data structures optimised for efficient lookups, similar in purpose to hash tables. ’triebeard’ provides an implementation of ‘radix trees’ for use in R programming and in developing packages with ‘Rcpp’.

There are three methods to install r-cran-triebeard on Ubuntu 18.04. 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-triebeard 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-triebeard using apt-get by running the following command:

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

Install r-cran-triebeard Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install r-cran-triebeard

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

sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-triebeard

How To Uninstall r-cran-triebeard on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove r-cran-triebeard

Uninstall r-cran-triebeard And Its Dependencies

To uninstall r-cran-triebeard and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

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

Remove r-cran-triebeard Configurations and Data

To remove r-cran-triebeard configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

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

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

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

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

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-triebeard package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.