How To Install r-cran-stringi on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-stringi on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is r-cran-stringi
r-cran-stringi is:
Allows for fast, correct, consistent, portable, as well as convenient character string/text processing in every locale and any native encoding. Owing to the use of the ICU library, the package provides R users with platform-independent functions known to Java, Perl, Python, PHP, and Ruby programmers. Among available features there are: pattern searching (e.g. via regular expressions), random string generation, string collation, transliteration, concatenation, date-time formatting and parsing, etc.
There are three methods to install r-cran-stringi 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-stringi 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-stringi using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install r-cran-stringi
Install r-cran-stringi Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install r-cran-stringi using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install r-cran-stringi
Install r-cran-stringi 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-stringi using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-stringi
How To Uninstall r-cran-stringi on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the r-cran-stringi package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove r-cran-stringi
Uninstall r-cran-stringi And Its Dependencies
To uninstall r-cran-stringi 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-stringi
Remove r-cran-stringi Configurations and Data
To remove r-cran-stringi configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge r-cran-stringi
Remove r-cran-stringi configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove r-cran-stringi configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge r-cran-stringi
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-stringi package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
