How To Install R-stringdist on Fedora 36
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install R-stringdist
on Fedora 36.
What is R-stringdist
Implements an approximate string matching version of R’s native ‘match’ function. Also offers fuzzy text search based on various string distance measures. Can calculate various string distances based on edits (Damerau-Levenshtein, Hamming, Levenshtein, optimal sting alignment), qgrams (q-gram, cosine, jaccard distance) or heuristic metrics (Jaro, Jaro-Winkler). An implementation of soundex is provided as well. Distances can be computed between character vectors while taking proper care of encoding or between integer vectors representing generic sequences. This package is built for speed and runs in parallel by using ‘openMP’. An API for C or C++ is exposed as well. Reference
We can use yum
or dnf
to install R-stringdist
on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install R-stringdist.
Install R-stringdist on Fedora 36 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf
using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install R-stringdist
using dnf
by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install R-stringdist
Install R-stringdist on Fedora 36 Using yum
Update yum database with yum
using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install R-stringdist
using yum
by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install R-stringdist
How To Uninstall R-stringdist on Fedora 36
To uninstall only the R-stringdist
package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove R-stringdist
R-stringdist Package Contents on Fedora 36
---
title: "How To Install R-stringdist on Fedora 36"
linkTitle: "R-stringdist"
type: "docs"
description: "In this tutorial we learn how to install R-stringdist in Fedora 36. R-stringdist is Approximate String Matching, Fuzzy Text Search, and String Distance Functions"
date: "2022-08-17"
lastmod: "2022-08-17"
#image: /images/fedora/36/R-stringdist-featured.png
---
## Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install `R-stringdist` on Fedora 36.
### What is `R-stringdist`
> Implements an approximate string matching version of R's native 'match' function. Also offers fuzzy text search based on various string distance measures. Can calculate various string distances based on edits (Damerau-Levenshtein, Hamming, Levenshtein, optimal sting alignment), qgrams (q-gram, cosine, jaccard distance) or heuristic metrics (Jaro, Jaro-Winkler). An implementation of soundex is provided as well. Distances can be computed between character vectors while taking proper care of encoding or between integer vectors representing generic sequences. This package is built for speed and runs in parallel by using 'openMP'. An API for C or C++ is exposed as well. Reference
We can use `yum` or `dnf` to install `R-stringdist` on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install R-stringdist.
## Install R-stringdist on Fedora 36 Using dnf
Update yum database with `dnf` using the following command.
```bash
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install R-stringdist
using dnf
by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install R-stringdist
Install R-stringdist on Fedora 36 Using yum
Update yum database with yum
using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install R-stringdist
using yum
by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install R-stringdist
How To Uninstall R-stringdist on Fedora 36
To uninstall only the R-stringdist
package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove R-stringdist
R-stringdist Package Contents on Fedora 36
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/38
/usr/lib/.build-id/38/7f2d6c3897129621527759643dc27a3dd868b9
/usr/lib/R/library/stringdist
/usr/lib/R/library/stringdist/CITATION
/usr/lib/R/library/stringdist/DESCRIPTION
/usr/lib/R/library/stringdist/INDEX
/usr/lib/R/library/stringdist/Meta
/usr/lib/R/library/stringdist/Meta/Rd.rds
/usr/lib/R/library/stringdist/Meta/features.rds
/usr/lib/R/library/stringdist/Meta/hsearch.rds
/usr/lib/R/library/stringdist/Meta/links.rds
/usr/lib/R/library/stringdist/Meta/nsInfo.rds
/usr/lib/R/library/stringdist/Meta/package.rds
/usr/lib/R/library/stringdist/Meta/vignette.rds
/usr/lib/R/library/stringdist/NAMESPACE
/usr/lib/R/library/stringdist/NEWS
/usr/lib/R/library/stringdist/R
/usr/lib/R/library/stringdist/R/stringdist
/usr/lib/R/library/stringdist/R/stringdist.rdb
/usr/lib/R/library/stringdist/R/stringdist.rdx
/usr/lib/R/library/stringdist/doc
/usr/lib/R/library/stringdist/doc/RJournal_6_111-122-2014.Rnw
/usr/lib/R/library/stringdist/doc/RJournal_6_111-122-2014.pdf
/usr/lib/R/library/stringdist/doc/index.html
/usr/lib/R/library/stringdist/doc/stringdist_C-Cpp_api.Rnw
/usr/lib/R/library/stringdist/doc/stringdist_C-Cpp_api.pdf
/usr/lib/R/library/stringdist/help
/usr/lib/R/library/stringdist/help/AnIndex
/usr/lib/R/library/stringdist/help/afind.html
/usr/lib/R/library/stringdist/help/ain.html
/usr/lib/R/library/stringdist/help/aliases.rds
/usr/lib/R/library/stringdist/help/amatch.html
/usr/lib/R/library/stringdist/help/extract.html
/usr/lib/R/library/stringdist/help/grab.html
/usr/lib/R/library/stringdist/help/grabl.html
/usr/lib/R/library/stringdist/help/paths.rds
/usr/lib/R/library/stringdist/help/phonetic.html
/usr/lib/R/library/stringdist/help/printable_ascii.html
/usr/lib/R/library/stringdist/help/qgrams.html
/usr/lib/R/library/stringdist/help/seq_ain.html
/usr/lib/R/library/stringdist/help/seq_amatch.html
/usr/lib/R/library/stringdist/help/seq_dist.html
/usr/lib/R/library/stringdist/help/seq_distmatrix.html
/usr/lib/R/library/stringdist/help/seq_qgrams.html
/usr/lib/R/library/stringdist/help/seq_sim.html
/usr/lib/R/library/stringdist/help/stringdist-api.html
/usr/lib/R/library/stringdist/help/stringdist-encoding.html
/usr/lib/R/library/stringdist/help/stringdist-metrics.html
/usr/lib/R/library/stringdist/help/stringdist-package.html
/usr/lib/R/library/stringdist/help/stringdist-parallelization.html
/usr/lib/R/library/stringdist/help/stringdist.html
/usr/lib/R/library/stringdist/help/stringdist.rdb
/usr/lib/R/library/stringdist/help/stringdist.rdx
/usr/lib/R/library/stringdist/help/stringdist_api.html
/usr/lib/R/library/stringdist/help/stringdistmatrix.html
/usr/lib/R/library/stringdist/help/stringsim.html
/usr/lib/R/library/stringdist/help/stringsimmatrix.html
/usr/lib/R/library/stringdist/html
/usr/lib/R/library/stringdist/html/00Index.html
/usr/lib/R/library/stringdist/html/R.css
/usr/lib/R/library/stringdist/html/afind.html
/usr/lib/R/library/stringdist/html/amatch.html
/usr/lib/R/library/stringdist/html/phonetic.html
/usr/lib/R/library/stringdist/html/printable_ascii.html
/usr/lib/R/library/stringdist/html/qgrams.html
/usr/lib/R/library/stringdist/html/seq_amatch.html
/usr/lib/R/library/stringdist/html/seq_dist.html
/usr/lib/R/library/stringdist/html/seq_qgrams.html
/usr/lib/R/library/stringdist/html/seq_sim.html
/usr/lib/R/library/stringdist/html/stringdist-api.html
/usr/lib/R/library/stringdist/html/stringdist-encoding.html
/usr/lib/R/library/stringdist/html/stringdist-metrics.html
/usr/lib/R/library/stringdist/html/stringdist-package.html
/usr/lib/R/library/stringdist/html/stringdist-parallelization.html
/usr/lib/R/library/stringdist/html/stringdist.html
/usr/lib/R/library/stringdist/html/stringsim.html
/usr/lib/R/library/stringdist/libs
/usr/lib/R/library/stringdist/libs/stringdist.so
/usr/lib/R/library/stringdist/tinytest
/usr/lib/R/library/stringdist/tinytest/test_afind.R
/usr/lib/R/library/stringdist/tinytest/test_amatch.R
/usr/lib/R/library/stringdist/tinytest/test_gh_issue_59.R
/usr/lib/R/library/stringdist/tinytest/test_phonetic.R
/usr/lib/R/library/stringdist/tinytest/test_qgrams.R
/usr/lib/R/library/stringdist/tinytest/test_seq_dist.R
/usr/lib/R/library/stringdist/tinytest/test_stringdist.R
/usr/lib/R/library/stringdist/tinytest/test_stringsim.R
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install R-stringdist
on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).
/usr/lib/.build-id /usr/lib/.build-id/18 /usr/lib/.build-id/18/8652c27355f359fa5f121793a0cc7a2d817b55 /usr/lib64/R/library/stringdist /usr/lib64/R/library/stringdist/CITATION /usr/lib64/R/library/stringdist/DESCRIPTION /usr/lib64/R/library/stringdist/INDEX /usr/lib64/R/library/stringdist/Meta /usr/lib64/R/library/stringdist/Meta/Rd.rds /usr/lib64/R/library/stringdist/Meta/features.rds /usr/lib64/R/library/stringdist/Meta/hsearch.rds /usr/lib64/R/library/stringdist/Meta/links.rds /usr/lib64/R/library/stringdist/Meta/nsInfo.rds /usr/lib64/R/library/stringdist/Meta/package.rds /usr/lib64/R/library/stringdist/Meta/vignette.rds /usr/lib64/R/library/stringdist/NAMESPACE /usr/lib64/R/library/stringdist/NEWS /usr/lib64/R/library/stringdist/R /usr/lib64/R/library/stringdist/R/stringdist /usr/lib64/R/library/stringdist/R/stringdist.rdb /usr/lib64/R/library/stringdist/R/stringdist.rdx /usr/lib64/R/library/stringdist/doc /usr/lib64/R/library/stringdist/doc/RJournal_6_111-122-2014.Rnw /usr/lib64/R/library/stringdist/doc/RJournal_6_111-122-2014.pdf /usr/lib64/R/library/stringdist/doc/index.html /usr/lib64/R/library/stringdist/doc/stringdist_C-Cpp_api.Rnw /usr/lib64/R/library/stringdist/doc/stringdist_C-Cpp_api.pdf /usr/lib64/R/library/stringdist/help /usr/lib64/R/library/stringdist/help/AnIndex /usr/lib64/R/library/stringdist/help/afind.html /usr/lib64/R/library/stringdist/help/ain.html /usr/lib64/R/library/stringdist/help/aliases.rds /usr/lib64/R/library/stringdist/help/amatch.html /usr/lib64/R/library/stringdist/help/extract.html /usr/lib64/R/library/stringdist/help/grab.html /usr/lib64/R/library/stringdist/help/grabl.html /usr/lib64/R/library/stringdist/help/paths.rds /usr/lib64/R/library/stringdist/help/phonetic.html /usr/lib64/R/library/stringdist/help/printable_ascii.html /usr/lib64/R/library/stringdist/help/qgrams.html /usr/lib64/R/library/stringdist/help/seq_ain.html /usr/lib64/R/library/stringdist/help/seq_amatch.html /usr/lib64/R/library/stringdist/help/seq_dist.html /usr/lib64/R/library/stringdist/help/seq_distmatrix.html /usr/lib64/R/library/stringdist/help/seq_qgrams.html /usr/lib64/R/library/stringdist/help/seq_sim.html /usr/lib64/R/library/stringdist/help/stringdist-api.html /usr/lib64/R/library/stringdist/help/stringdist-encoding.html /usr/lib64/R/library/stringdist/help/stringdist-metrics.html /usr/lib64/R/library/stringdist/help/stringdist-package.html /usr/lib64/R/library/stringdist/help/stringdist-parallelization.html /usr/lib64/R/library/stringdist/help/stringdist.html /usr/lib64/R/library/stringdist/help/stringdist.rdb /usr/lib64/R/library/stringdist/help/stringdist.rdx /usr/lib64/R/library/stringdist/help/stringdist_api.html /usr/lib64/R/library/stringdist/help/stringdistmatrix.html /usr/lib64/R/library/stringdist/help/stringsim.html /usr/lib64/R/library/stringdist/help/stringsimmatrix.html /usr/lib64/R/library/stringdist/html /usr/lib64/R/library/stringdist/html/00Index.html /usr/lib64/R/library/stringdist/html/R.css /usr/lib64/R/library/stringdist/html/afind.html /usr/lib64/R/library/stringdist/html/amatch.html /usr/lib64/R/library/stringdist/html/phonetic.html /usr/lib64/R/library/stringdist/html/printable_ascii.html /usr/lib64/R/library/stringdist/html/qgrams.html /usr/lib64/R/library/stringdist/html/seq_amatch.html /usr/lib64/R/library/stringdist/html/seq_dist.html /usr/lib64/R/library/stringdist/html/seq_qgrams.html /usr/lib64/R/library/stringdist/html/seq_sim.html /usr/lib64/R/library/stringdist/html/stringdist-api.html /usr/lib64/R/library/stringdist/html/stringdist-encoding.html /usr/lib64/R/library/stringdist/html/stringdist-metrics.html /usr/lib64/R/library/stringdist/html/stringdist-package.html /usr/lib64/R/library/stringdist/html/stringdist-parallelization.html /usr/lib64/R/library/stringdist/html/stringdist.html /usr/lib64/R/library/stringdist/html/stringsim.html /usr/lib64/R/library/stringdist/libs /usr/lib64/R/library/stringdist/libs/stringdist.so /usr/lib64/R/library/stringdist/tinytest /usr/lib64/R/library/stringdist/tinytest/test_afind.R /usr/lib64/R/library/stringdist/tinytest/test_amatch.R /usr/lib64/R/library/stringdist/tinytest/test_gh_issue_59.R /usr/lib64/R/library/stringdist/tinytest/test_phonetic.R /usr/lib64/R/library/stringdist/tinytest/test_qgrams.R /usr/lib64/R/library/stringdist/tinytest/test_seq_dist.R /usr/lib64/R/library/stringdist/tinytest/test_stringdist.R /usr/lib64/R/library/stringdist/tinytest/test_stringsim.R
## References
* [R-stringdist website](https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=stringdist)
## Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install `R-stringdist` on [Fedora 36](/fedora/36/) using [yum](/fedora/36/yum/) and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).