How to Install and Uninstall r-base-dev Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: May 21,2024

You can also install and uninstall the r-base-dev on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "r-base-dev" package

This is a short guide on how to install r-base-dev on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "r-base-dev" package

Learn how to uninstall r-base-dev on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the r-base-dev package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: r-base-dev
Source: r-base
Version: 4.2.2.20221110-2
Installed-Size: 15
Maintainer: Dirk Eddelbuettel
Architecture: all
Depends: r-base-core (>= 4.2.2.20221110-2), build-essential, gcc, g++, gfortran, libblas-dev | libatlas-base-dev, liblapack-dev | libatlas-base-dev, libncurses5-dev, libreadline-dev, libjpeg-dev, libpcre2-dev, libpcre3-dev, libpng-dev, zlib1g-dev, libbz2-dev, liblzma-dev, libicu-dev, xauth, pkg-config
Suggests: texlive-base, texlive-latex-base, texlive-plain-generic, texlive-fonts-recommended, texlive-fonts-extra, texlive-extra-utils, texlive-latex-recommended, texlive-latex-extra, texinfo
Description: GNU R installation of auxiliary GNU R packages
Description-md5: 1a1267651faee382ef4781870ce94812
Homepage: http://www.r-project.org/
Tag: devel::lang:r, devel::library, field::statistics, implemented-in::r,
role::app-data, role::devel-lib, role::program, suite::gnu,
uitoolkit::ncurses
Section: gnu-r
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/r/r-base/r-base-dev_4.2.2.20221110-2_all.deb
Size: 4492
MD5sum: 810517a5d54753ada8f4a1382006b109
SHA256: 0888d55ca72be274ee37e2b8a23ae3b4cdcaa884f3c9f29ae1a3419832525e8a