How To Install r-cran-rsconnect 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-rsconnect on Ubuntu.

What is `r-cran-rsconnect`

r-cran-rsconnect is:

Programmatic deployment interface for ‘RPubs’, ‘shinyapps.io’, and ‘RStudio Connect’. Supported content types include R Markdown documents, Shiny applications, Plumber APIs, plots, and static web content.

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

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

Install r-cran-rsconnect Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install r-cran-rsconnect

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

sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-rsconnect

How To Uninstall r-cran-rsconnect on Ubuntu

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

sudo apt-get remove r-cran-rsconnect

Uninstall r-cran-rsconnect And Its Dependencies

To uninstall r-cran-rsconnect and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove r-cran-rsconnect

Remove r-cran-rsconnect Configurations and Data

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

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

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

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

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

Dependencies

r-cran-rsconnect have the following dependencies:

References

r-cran-rsconnect website

Summary

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