How To Install r-cran-m2r on Debian 12

Learn how to install r-cran-m2r on Debian 12 with this tutorial. r-cran-m2r is Macaulay2 interface for R

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-m2r on Debian 12.

What is r-cran-m2r

r-cran-m2r is:

m2r was created at the American Mathematical Society’s 2016 Mathematics Research Community gathering on algebraic statistics. It connects R to a persistent local or remote Macaulay2 session and leverages mpoly’s existing infrastructure to provide wrappers for commonly used algebraic algorithms in a way that naturally fits into the R ecosystem, alleviating the need to learn Macaulay2. m2r provides a flexible framework for computations in the algebraic statistics community and beyond.

There are three methods to install r-cran-m2r 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-m2r 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-m2r using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install r-cran-m2r

Install r-cran-m2r Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install r-cran-m2r using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install r-cran-m2r

Install r-cran-m2r 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-m2r using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-m2r

How To Uninstall r-cran-m2r on Debian 12

To uninstall only the r-cran-m2r package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove r-cran-m2r

Uninstall r-cran-m2r And Its Dependencies

To uninstall r-cran-m2r and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove r-cran-m2r

Remove r-cran-m2r Configurations and Data

To remove r-cran-m2r configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge r-cran-m2r

Remove r-cran-m2r configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove r-cran-m2r configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge r-cran-m2r

Dependencies

r-cran-m2r have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-m2r package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.