How To Install r-cran-gdata on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-gdata on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is r-cran-gdata
r-cran-gdata is:
This package of R programming tools was written by Gregory Warnes with code contributions by Ben Bolker and Thomas Lumley.
This package used to be part of the gregmisc bundle packaged for Debian as r-cran-gregmisc.
There are three methods to install r-cran-gdata on Ubuntu 20.04. 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-gdata 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-gdata using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install r-cran-gdata
Install r-cran-gdata Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install r-cran-gdata using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install r-cran-gdata
Install r-cran-gdata 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-gdata using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-gdata
How To Uninstall r-cran-gdata on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the r-cran-gdata package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove r-cran-gdata
Uninstall r-cran-gdata And Its Dependencies
To uninstall r-cran-gdata and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove r-cran-gdata
Remove r-cran-gdata Configurations and Data
To remove r-cran-gdata configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge r-cran-gdata
Remove r-cran-gdata configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove r-cran-gdata configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge r-cran-gdata
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-gdata package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
