How to Install and Uninstall r-cran-backports Package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Last updated: April 29,2024

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

Kubuntu 22.04 LTS
Lubuntu 22.04 LTS
Xubuntu 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu MATE 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu Studio 22.04 LTS
Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS
Zorin OS 16 / Zorin OS 17
Ubuntu Budgie 22.04

1. Install "r-cran-backports" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install r-cran-backports on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "r-cran-backports" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall r-cran-backports on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


    
        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the r-cran-backports package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: r-cran-backports
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.4.1-1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/gnu-r
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian R Packages Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 185
Depends: r-base-core (>= 4.1.2-1ubuntu1), r-api-4.0
Filename: pool/universe/r/r-cran-backports/r-cran-backports_1.4.1-1_amd64.deb
Size: 100834
MD5sum: 04c546ba10706f78243f35be5b111437
SHA1: 3bdb9e5efd6fecbf9da18fb39aad8d0782d2d11b
SHA256: fb6ed6d8c0c1a2c33f26367a7091959e8cb2e2a9dbc9225ed11098bc29a40987
SHA512: 902c8a863e35138f4c9380244dc0d6b66c595ec28cd52ae2f54792dea158334eef1cd42306a4a9b685d27080453ff03c446c868cb6624d9a539bab4c0b732898
Homepage: https://cran.r-project.org/package=backports
Description: reimplementation of functions introduced since R-3.0.0
Description-md5: 25a8b4303ae91bbd5a2d45b91ec3b6ff