How To Install r-cran-mass on Debian 12

Learn how to install r-cran-mass on Debian 12 with this tutorial. r-cran-mass is GNU R package of Venables and Ripleys MASS

Introduction

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

What is r-cran-mass

r-cran-mass is:

The MASS package provides functions and datasets to support the book ‘Modern Applied Statistics with S’ (4th edition) by W.N. Venables and B.D. Ripley. The following URL provides more details about the book: URL: http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/pub/MASS4

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

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

Install r-cran-mass Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install r-cran-mass

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

sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-mass

How To Uninstall r-cran-mass on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove r-cran-mass

Uninstall r-cran-mass And Its Dependencies

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

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

Remove r-cran-mass Configurations and Data

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

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

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

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

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

Dependencies

r-cran-mass have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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