How To Install r-cran-maptools on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-maptools on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is r-cran-maptools
r-cran-maptools is:
Set of tools for manipulating and reading geographic data, in particular ESRI shapefiles; C code used from shapelib. It includes binary access to GSHHS shoreline files. The package also provides interface wrappers for exchanging spatial objects with packages such as PBSmapping, spatstat, maps, RArcInfo, Stata tmap, WinBUGS, Mondrian, and others.
There are three methods to install r-cran-maptools 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-maptools 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-maptools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install r-cran-maptools
Install r-cran-maptools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install r-cran-maptools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install r-cran-maptools
Install r-cran-maptools 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-maptools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-maptools
How To Uninstall r-cran-maptools on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the r-cran-maptools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove r-cran-maptools
Uninstall r-cran-maptools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall r-cran-maptools 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-maptools
Remove r-cran-maptools Configurations and Data
To remove r-cran-maptools configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge r-cran-maptools
Remove r-cran-maptools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove r-cran-maptools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge r-cran-maptools
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-maptools package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
