How To Install r-cran-dosnow on Debian 10

Learn how to install r-cran-dosnow on Debian 10 with this tutorial. r-cran-dosnow is GNU R parallel excution backend for %dopar% using snow

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-dosnow on Debian 10.

What is r-cran-dosnow

r-cran-dosnow is:

This package provides a parallel backend for the %dopar% function using Luke Tierney’s snow package (which itself can wrap MPI, PVM, NWS or sockets).

There are three methods to install r-cran-dosnow on Debian 10. 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-dosnow 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-dosnow using apt-get by running the following command:

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

Install r-cran-dosnow Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install r-cran-dosnow

Install r-cran-dosnow 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-dosnow using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-dosnow

How To Uninstall r-cran-dosnow on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove r-cran-dosnow

Uninstall r-cran-dosnow And Its Dependencies

To uninstall r-cran-dosnow and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

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

Remove r-cran-dosnow Configurations and Data

To remove r-cran-dosnow configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

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

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

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

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

Dependencies

r-cran-dosnow have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-dosnow package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.