How To Install r-cran-treescape on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-treescape on Debian 9. r-cran-treescape is GNU R Statistical Exploration of Landscapes of Phylogenetic Trees

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-treescape on Debian 9.

What is r-cran-treescape

r-cran-treescape is:

This GNU R package provides tools for the exploration of distributions of phylogenetic trees. This package includes a shiny interface which can be started from R using ’treescapeServer()'.

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

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

Install r-cran-treescape Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install r-cran-treescape

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

sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-treescape

How To Uninstall r-cran-treescape on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove r-cran-treescape

Uninstall r-cran-treescape And Its Dependencies

To uninstall r-cran-treescape and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

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

Remove r-cran-treescape Configurations and Data

To remove r-cran-treescape configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

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

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

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

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

Dependencies

r-cran-treescape have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-treescape package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.