How To Install r-cran-tsp on Debian 10

Learn how to install r-cran-tsp on Debian 10 with this tutorial. r-cran-tsp is GNU R traveling salesperson problem (TSP)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-tsp on Debian 10.

What is r-cran-tsp

r-cran-tsp is:

Basic infrastructure and some algorithms for the traveling salesperson problem (also traveling salesman problem; TSP). The package provides some simple algorithms and an interface to the Concorde TSP solver and its implementation of the Chained-Lin-Kernighan heuristic. The code for Concorde itself is not included in the package and has to be obtained separately.

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

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

Install r-cran-tsp Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install r-cran-tsp

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

sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-tsp

How To Uninstall r-cran-tsp on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove r-cran-tsp

Uninstall r-cran-tsp And Its Dependencies

To uninstall r-cran-tsp and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

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

Remove r-cran-tsp Configurations and Data

To remove r-cran-tsp configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

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

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

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

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

Dependencies

r-cran-tsp have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-tsp package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.