How To Install r-cran-nws on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-nws on Debian 10.
What is r-cran-nws
r-cran-nws is:
This Debian package provides support for NetWorkSpaces (NWS), a distributed computing toolkit which makes it easy to use computing clusters from within the Python and GNU R languages and scripting environments..
See http://www.ddj.com/web-development/200001971 for a recent overview article on NetWorkSpaces (albeit with a focus on use from Python).
There are three methods to install r-cran-nws 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-nws 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-nws using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install r-cran-nws
Install r-cran-nws Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install r-cran-nws using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install r-cran-nws
Install r-cran-nws 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-nws using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-nws
How To Uninstall r-cran-nws on Debian 10
To uninstall only the r-cran-nws package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove r-cran-nws
Uninstall r-cran-nws And Its Dependencies
To uninstall r-cran-nws and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove r-cran-nws
Remove r-cran-nws Configurations and Data
To remove r-cran-nws configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge r-cran-nws
Remove r-cran-nws configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove r-cran-nws configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge r-cran-nws
Dependencies
r-cran-nws have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-nws package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.