How To Install r-cran-farver on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-farver on Ubuntu.
What is r-cran-farver
r-cran-farver is:
The encoding of colour can be handled in many different ways, using different colour spaces. As different colour spaces have different uses, efficient conversion between these representations are important. The ‘farver’ package provides a set of functions that gives access to very fast colour space conversion and comparisons implemented in C++, and offers speed improvements over the ‘convertColor’ function in the ‘grDevices’ package.
There are three methods to install r-cran-farver on Ubuntu. 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-farver 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-farver using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install r-cran-farver
Install r-cran-farver Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install r-cran-farver using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install r-cran-farver
Install r-cran-farver 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-farver using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-farver
How To Uninstall r-cran-farver on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the r-cran-farver package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove r-cran-farver
Uninstall r-cran-farver And Its Dependencies
To uninstall r-cran-farver and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove r-cran-farver
Remove r-cran-farver Configurations and Data
To remove r-cran-farver configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge r-cran-farver
Remove r-cran-farver configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove r-cran-farver configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge r-cran-farver
Dependencies
r-cran-farver have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-farver package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.