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

What is `r-cran-rtweet`

r-cran-rtweet is:

An implementation of calls designed to collect and organize Twitter data via Twitter’s REST and stream Application Program Interfaces (API), which can be found at the following URL: https://developer.twitter.com/en/docs. This package has been peer- reviewed by rOpenSci (v. 0.6.9).

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

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

Install r-cran-rtweet Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install r-cran-rtweet

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

sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-rtweet

How To Uninstall r-cran-rtweet on Ubuntu

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

sudo apt-get remove r-cran-rtweet

Uninstall r-cran-rtweet And Its Dependencies

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

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

Remove r-cran-rtweet Configurations and Data

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

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

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

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

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

Dependencies

r-cran-rtweet have the following dependencies:

References

r-cran-rtweet website

Summary

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