How To Install r-cran-vioplot on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-vioplot on Ubuntu 20.04. r-cran-vioplot is GNU R toolbox for violin plots

Introduction

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

What is r-cran-vioplot

r-cran-vioplot is:

Violin plots are a method of plotting numeric data. A violin plot is a combination of a box plot and a kernel density plot. Specifically, it starts with a box plot. It then adds a rotated kernel density plot to each side of the box plot.

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

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

Install r-cran-vioplot Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install r-cran-vioplot

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

sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-vioplot

How To Uninstall r-cran-vioplot on Ubuntu 20.04

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

sudo apt-get remove r-cran-vioplot

Uninstall r-cran-vioplot And Its Dependencies

To uninstall r-cran-vioplot 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-vioplot

Remove r-cran-vioplot Configurations and Data

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

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

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

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

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

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Summary

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