How To Install r-cran-farver on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-farver on Debian 11. r-cran-farver is GNU R high performance colour space manipulation

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-farver on Debian 11.

What is r-cran-farver

r-cran-farver is:

The encoding of colour can be handled in many different ways, using different colour spaces. As different colour spaces have different uses, efficient conversion between these representations are important. The ‘farver’ package provides a set of functions that gives access to very fast colour space conversion and comparisons implemented in C++, and offers speed improvements over the ‘convertColor’ function in the ‘grDevices’ package.

There are three methods to install r-cran-farver on Debian 11. 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-farver 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-farver using apt-get by running the following command:

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

Install r-cran-farver Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install r-cran-farver

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

sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-farver

How To Uninstall r-cran-farver on Debian 11

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

sudo apt-get remove r-cran-farver

Uninstall r-cran-farver And Its Dependencies

To uninstall r-cran-farver and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

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

Remove r-cran-farver Configurations and Data

To remove r-cran-farver configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

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

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

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

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

Dependencies

r-cran-farver have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-farver package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.