How To Install r-cran-yaml on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-yaml on Debian 11.
What is r-cran-yaml
r-cran-yaml is:
This package implements the LibYAML YAML 1.1 parser and emitter for R. YAML is a human-readable markup language. With it, you can create easily readable documents that can be consumed by a variety of programming languages, including R. The r-cran-yaml package has two main functions: yaml.load and as.yaml. The yaml.load function is the YAML parsing function: it accepts a YAML document as a string and returns R data structures. The as.yaml function is an S3 method used to convert R objects into YAML strings.
This package is useful for R programmers dealing with YAML documents.
There are three methods to install r-cran-yaml on Debian 11. 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-yaml 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-yaml using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install r-cran-yaml
Install r-cran-yaml Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install r-cran-yaml using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install r-cran-yaml
Install r-cran-yaml 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-yaml using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-yaml
How To Uninstall r-cran-yaml on Debian 11
To uninstall only the r-cran-yaml package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove r-cran-yaml
Uninstall r-cran-yaml And Its Dependencies
To uninstall r-cran-yaml and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove r-cran-yaml
Remove r-cran-yaml Configurations and Data
To remove r-cran-yaml configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge r-cran-yaml
Remove r-cran-yaml configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove r-cran-yaml configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge r-cran-yaml
Dependencies
r-cran-yaml have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-yaml package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.