How To Install r-cran-jsonlite on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-jsonlite on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is r-cran-jsonlite
r-cran-jsonlite is:
A fast JSON parser and generator optimized for statistical data and the web. Started out as a fork of ‘RJSONIO’, but has been completely rewritten in recent versions. The package offers flexible, robust, high performance tools for working with JSON in R and is particularly powerful for building pipelines and interacting with a web API. The implementation is based on the mapping described in the vignette (Ooms, 2014). In addition to converting JSON data from/to R objects, ‘jsonlite’ contains functions to stream, validate, and prettify JSON data. The unit tests included with the package verify that all edge cases are encoded and decoded consistently for use with dynamic data in systems and applications.
There are three methods to install r-cran-jsonlite 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-jsonlite 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-jsonlite using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install r-cran-jsonlite
Install r-cran-jsonlite Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install r-cran-jsonlite using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install r-cran-jsonlite
Install r-cran-jsonlite 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-jsonlite using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-jsonlite
How To Uninstall r-cran-jsonlite on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the r-cran-jsonlite package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove r-cran-jsonlite
Uninstall r-cran-jsonlite And Its Dependencies
To uninstall r-cran-jsonlite 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-jsonlite
Remove r-cran-jsonlite Configurations and Data
To remove r-cran-jsonlite configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge r-cran-jsonlite
Remove r-cran-jsonlite configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove r-cran-jsonlite configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge r-cran-jsonlite
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-jsonlite package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
