How To Install r-cran-gplots on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-gplots on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is r-cran-gplots
r-cran-gplots is:
This package of R programming tools for plotting data 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-gplots 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-gplots 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-gplots using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install r-cran-gplots
Install r-cran-gplots Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install r-cran-gplots using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install r-cran-gplots
Install r-cran-gplots 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-gplots using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-gplots
How To Uninstall r-cran-gplots on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the r-cran-gplots package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove r-cran-gplots
Uninstall r-cran-gplots And Its Dependencies
To uninstall r-cran-gplots 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-gplots
Remove r-cran-gplots Configurations and Data
To remove r-cran-gplots configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge r-cran-gplots
Remove r-cran-gplots configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove r-cran-gplots configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge r-cran-gplots
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-gplots package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
