How To Install r-cran-gwidgets 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-gwidgets on Ubuntu.
What is r-cran-gwidgets
r-cran-gwidgets is:
Provides a toolkit-independent API for building interactive GUIs. At least one of the ‘gWidgetsXXX packages’, such as gWidgetstcltk, needs to be installed. Some icons are on loan from the scigraphica project http://scigraphica.sourceforge.net.
There are three methods to install r-cran-gwidgets 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-gwidgets 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-gwidgets using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install r-cran-gwidgets
Install r-cran-gwidgets Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install r-cran-gwidgets using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install r-cran-gwidgets
Install r-cran-gwidgets 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-gwidgets using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-gwidgets
How To Uninstall r-cran-gwidgets on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the r-cran-gwidgets package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove r-cran-gwidgets
Uninstall r-cran-gwidgets And Its Dependencies
To uninstall r-cran-gwidgets and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove r-cran-gwidgets
Remove r-cran-gwidgets Configurations and Data
To remove r-cran-gwidgets configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge r-cran-gwidgets
Remove r-cran-gwidgets configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove r-cran-gwidgets configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge r-cran-gwidgets
Dependencies
r-cran-gwidgets have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-gwidgets package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.