How To Install r-cran-pwt on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-pwt on Debian 9.
What is r-cran-pwt
r-cran-pwt is:
This package contains the Penn World Tables (PWT), which provide purchasing power parity (PPP) and national income accounts converted to international prices for most countries since 1950. The data are developed and maintained by scholars at the Center for International Comparisons of Production, Income and Prices (CIC) from the University of Pennsylvania.
The package contains all the releases of the PWT from version 5.6 to 7.1, which were created by the University of Pennsylvania. Note that more recent versions of the PWT have been created by the University of California, Davis and the University of Groningen, and are available in the r-cran-pwt8 package.
There are three methods to install r-cran-pwt on Debian 9. 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-pwt 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-pwt using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install r-cran-pwt
Install r-cran-pwt Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install r-cran-pwt using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install r-cran-pwt
Install r-cran-pwt 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-pwt using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-pwt
How To Uninstall r-cran-pwt on Debian 9
To uninstall only the r-cran-pwt package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove r-cran-pwt
Uninstall r-cran-pwt And Its Dependencies
To uninstall r-cran-pwt and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove r-cran-pwt
Remove r-cran-pwt Configurations and Data
To remove r-cran-pwt configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge r-cran-pwt
Remove r-cran-pwt configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove r-cran-pwt configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge r-cran-pwt
Dependencies
r-cran-pwt have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-pwt package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
