How To Install r-cran-wdi on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-wdi
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is r-cran-wdi
r-cran-wdi is:
This package gives access to the World Development Indicators (WDI), a database of various development indicators, compiled by the World Bank from officially-recognized international sources.
Note that the package does not contain the data. Instead, it provides a set of functions to download the data from the World Bank’s website.
There are three methods to install r-cran-wdi
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-wdi 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-wdi
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install r-cran-wdi
Install r-cran-wdi Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install r-cran-wdi
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install r-cran-wdi
Install r-cran-wdi 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-wdi
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-wdi
How To Uninstall r-cran-wdi on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the r-cran-wdi
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove r-cran-wdi
Uninstall r-cran-wdi And Its Dependencies
To uninstall r-cran-wdi
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-wdi
Remove r-cran-wdi Configurations and Data
To remove r-cran-wdi
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge r-cran-wdi
Remove r-cran-wdi configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove r-cran-wdi
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge r-cran-wdi
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-wdi
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.