How To Install r-cran-rcdklibs on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-rcdklibs on Debian 12.
What is r-cran-rcdklibs
r-cran-rcdklibs is:
An R interface to the Chemistry Development Kit, a Java library for chemoinformatics. Given the size of the library itself, this package is not expected to change very frequently. To make use of the CDK within R, it is suggested that you use the ‘rcdk’ package. Note that it is possible to directly interact with the CDK using ‘rJava’. However ‘rcdk’ exposes functionality in a more idiomatic way. The CDK library itself is released as LGPL and the sources can be obtained from https://github.com/cdk/cdk.
There are three methods to install r-cran-rcdklibs 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-rcdklibs 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-rcdklibs using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install r-cran-rcdklibs
Install r-cran-rcdklibs Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install r-cran-rcdklibs using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install r-cran-rcdklibs
Install r-cran-rcdklibs 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-rcdklibs using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-rcdklibs
How To Uninstall r-cran-rcdklibs on Debian 12
To uninstall only the r-cran-rcdklibs package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove r-cran-rcdklibs
Uninstall r-cran-rcdklibs And Its Dependencies
To uninstall r-cran-rcdklibs and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove r-cran-rcdklibs
Remove r-cran-rcdklibs Configurations and Data
To remove r-cran-rcdklibs configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge r-cran-rcdklibs
Remove r-cran-rcdklibs configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove r-cran-rcdklibs configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge r-cran-rcdklibs
Dependencies
r-cran-rcdklibs have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-rcdklibs package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
