How To Install r-cran-gtable on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
2 minutes • 400 words
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-gtable on Ubuntu.
What is r-cran-gtable
r-cran-gtable is:
A grob table captures all the information needed to layout grobs in a table structure. It supports row and column spanning, offers some tools to automatically figure out the correct dimensions, and makes it easy to align and combine multiple tables. Each grob is put in its own viewport - grobs in the same location are not combined into one cell. Each grob takes up the entire cell viewport so justification control is not available.
There are three methods to install r-cran-gtable 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-gtable 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-gtable using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install r-cran-gtable
Install r-cran-gtable Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install r-cran-gtable using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install r-cran-gtable
Install r-cran-gtable 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-gtable using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-gtable
How To Uninstall r-cran-gtable on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the r-cran-gtable package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove r-cran-gtable
Uninstall r-cran-gtable And Its Dependencies
To uninstall r-cran-gtable and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove r-cran-gtable
Remove r-cran-gtable Configurations and Data
To remove r-cran-gtable configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge r-cran-gtable
Remove r-cran-gtable configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove r-cran-gtable configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge r-cran-gtable
Dependencies
r-cran-gtable have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-gtable package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.