How To Install r-cran-vcd on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-vcd on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is r-cran-vcd
r-cran-vcd is:
Visualization techniques, data sets, summary and inference procedures aimed particularly at categorical data. Special emphasis is given to highly extensible grid graphics. The package was inspired by the book “Visualizing Categorical Data” by Michael Friendly.
There are three methods to install r-cran-vcd 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-vcd 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-vcd using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install r-cran-vcd
Install r-cran-vcd Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install r-cran-vcd using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install r-cran-vcd
Install r-cran-vcd 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-vcd using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-vcd
How To Uninstall r-cran-vcd on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the r-cran-vcd package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove r-cran-vcd
Uninstall r-cran-vcd And Its Dependencies
To uninstall r-cran-vcd 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-vcd
Remove r-cran-vcd Configurations and Data
To remove r-cran-vcd configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge r-cran-vcd
Remove r-cran-vcd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove r-cran-vcd configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge r-cran-vcd
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-vcd package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
