How To Install r-cran-usethis on Debian 12

Learn how to install r-cran-usethis on Debian 12 with this tutorial. r-cran-usethis is Automate Package and Project Setup

Introduction

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

What is r-cran-usethis

r-cran-usethis is:

Automate package and project setup tasks that are otherwise performed manually. This includes setting up unit testing, test coverage, continuous integration, Git, ‘GitHub’, licenses, ‘Rcpp’, ‘RStudio’ projects, and more.

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

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

Install r-cran-usethis Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install r-cran-usethis

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

sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-usethis

How To Uninstall r-cran-usethis on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove r-cran-usethis

Uninstall r-cran-usethis And Its Dependencies

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

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

Remove r-cran-usethis Configurations and Data

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

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

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

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

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

Dependencies

r-cran-usethis have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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