How To Install r-cran-urltools on Debian 12

Learn how to install r-cran-urltools on Debian 12 with this tutorial. r-cran-urltools is GNU R vectorised tools for URL handling and parsing

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-urltools on Debian 12.

What is r-cran-urltools

r-cran-urltools is:

A toolkit for all URL-handling needs, including encoding and decoding, parsing, parameter extraction and modification. All functions are designed to be both fast and entirely vectorised. It is intended to be useful for people dealing with web-related datasets, such as server-side logs, although may be useful for other situations involving large sets of URLs.

There are three methods to install r-cran-urltools on Debian 12. 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-urltools 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-urltools using apt-get by running the following command:

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

Install r-cran-urltools Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install r-cran-urltools

Install r-cran-urltools 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-urltools

How To Uninstall r-cran-urltools on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove r-cran-urltools

Uninstall r-cran-urltools And Its Dependencies

To uninstall r-cran-urltools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

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

Remove r-cran-urltools Configurations and Data

To remove r-cran-urltools configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

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

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

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

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

Dependencies

r-cran-urltools have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-urltools package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.