How To Install r-cran-blob on Debian 12

Learn how to install r-cran-blob on Debian 12 with this tutorial. r-cran-blob is GNU R S3 Class for Representing Vectors of Binary Data (BLOBS)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-blob on Debian 12.

What is r-cran-blob

r-cran-blob is:

R’s raw vector is useful for storing a single binary object. What if you want to put a vector of them in a data frame? The blob package provides the blob object, a list of raw vectors, suitable for use as a column in data frame.

There are three methods to install r-cran-blob on Debian 12. 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-blob 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-blob using apt-get by running the following command:

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

Install r-cran-blob Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install r-cran-blob

Install r-cran-blob 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-blob

How To Uninstall r-cran-blob on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove r-cran-blob

Uninstall r-cran-blob And Its Dependencies

To uninstall r-cran-blob and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

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

Remove r-cran-blob Configurations and Data

To remove r-cran-blob configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

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

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

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

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

Dependencies

r-cran-blob have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-blob package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.