How to Install and Uninstall r-cran-desc Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: February 24,2025

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

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1. Install "r-cran-desc" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install r-cran-desc on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                r-cran-desc
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "r-cran-desc" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall r-cran-desc 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-cran-desc package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: r-cran-desc
Version: 1.4.2-1
Installed-Size: 475
Maintainer: Debian R Packages Maintainers
Architecture: all
Depends: r-base-core (>= 4.2.1-2), r-api-4.0, r-cran-cli, r-cran-r6, r-cran-rprojroot
Recommends: r-cran-covr, r-cran-testthat, r-cran-withr, r-cran-gh
Suggests: r-cran-callr, r-cran-spelling, r-cran-whoami
Description: GNU R manipulation of DESCRIPTION files
Description-md5: 56b00b618312564bf5237b0fe8969089
Homepage: https://cran.r-project.org/package=desc
Section: gnu-r
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/r/r-cran-desc/r-cran-desc_1.4.2-1_all.deb
Size: 347604
MD5sum: 98873882a2398032d78b56f442696b7b
SHA256: 5dc3d3c1cc61a1af0ee5a7d96cfa2d120a0df62e367e3439dbca16ed3654eb9d