How To Install r-cran-brew on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-brew on Debian 10.
What is r-cran-brew
r-cran-brew is:
The GNU R package brew implements a templating framework for mixing text and R code for report generation. brew template syntax is similar to PHP, Ruby’s erb module, Java Server Pages, and Python’s psp module.
There are three methods to install r-cran-brew 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-brew 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-brew using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install r-cran-brew
Install r-cran-brew Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install r-cran-brew using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install r-cran-brew
Install r-cran-brew 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-brew using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-brew
How To Uninstall r-cran-brew on Debian 10
To uninstall only the r-cran-brew package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove r-cran-brew
Uninstall r-cran-brew And Its Dependencies
To uninstall r-cran-brew and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove r-cran-brew
Remove r-cran-brew Configurations and Data
To remove r-cran-brew configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge r-cran-brew
Remove r-cran-brew configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove r-cran-brew configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge r-cran-brew
Dependencies
r-cran-brew have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-brew package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.