How To Install r-cran-vcr on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-vcr on Kali Linux. r-cran-vcr is GNU R record HTTP calls to disk

Introduction

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

What is r-cran-vcr

r-cran-vcr is:

Record test suite ‘HTTP’ requests and replays them during future runs. A port of the Ruby gem of the same name. Works by hooking into the ‘webmockr’ R package for matching ‘HTTP’ requests by various rules (‘HTTP’ method, ‘URL’, query parameters, headers, body, etc.), and then caching real ‘HTTP’ responses on disk in ‘cassettes’. Subsequent ‘HTTP’ requests matching any previous requests in the same ‘cassette’ use a cached ‘HTTP’ response.

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

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

Install r-cran-vcr Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install r-cran-vcr

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

sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-vcr

How To Uninstall r-cran-vcr on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove r-cran-vcr

Uninstall r-cran-vcr And Its Dependencies

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

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

Remove r-cran-vcr Configurations and Data

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

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

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

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

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

Dependencies

r-cran-vcr have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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