How To Install r-cran-magrittr on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-magrittr on Ubuntu 20.04. r-cran-magrittr is GNU R forward-pipe operator

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-magrittr on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is r-cran-magrittr

r-cran-magrittr is:

Provides a mechanism for chaining commands with a new forward-pipe operator, %>%. This operator will forward a value, or the result of an expression, into the next function call/expression. There is flexible support for the type of right-hand side expressions.

There are three methods to install r-cran-magrittr 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-magrittr 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-magrittr using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install r-cran-magrittr

Install r-cran-magrittr Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install r-cran-magrittr using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install r-cran-magrittr

Install r-cran-magrittr 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-magrittr using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-magrittr

How To Uninstall r-cran-magrittr on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the r-cran-magrittr package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove r-cran-magrittr

Uninstall r-cran-magrittr And Its Dependencies

To uninstall r-cran-magrittr 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-magrittr

Remove r-cran-magrittr Configurations and Data

To remove r-cran-magrittr configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge r-cran-magrittr

Remove r-cran-magrittr configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove r-cran-magrittr configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge r-cran-magrittr

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-magrittr package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.