How To Install r-cran-fastcluster on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-fastcluster on Debian 9.
What is r-cran-fastcluster
r-cran-fastcluster is:
Fastcluster implements fast hierarchical, agglomerative clustering routines. Part of the functionality is designed as drop-in replacement for existing routines: ??linkage?? in the SciPy package ??scipy.cluster.hierarchy??, ??hclust?? in R’s ??stats?? package, and the ??flashClust?? package. It provides the same functionality with the benefit of a much faster implementation. Moreover, there are memory-saving routines for clustering of vector data, which go beyond what the existing packages provide. For information on how to install the Python files, see the file INSTALL in the source distribution.
There are three methods to install r-cran-fastcluster 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-fastcluster 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-fastcluster using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install r-cran-fastcluster
Install r-cran-fastcluster Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install r-cran-fastcluster using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install r-cran-fastcluster
Install r-cran-fastcluster 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-fastcluster using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-fastcluster
How To Uninstall r-cran-fastcluster on Debian 9
To uninstall only the r-cran-fastcluster package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove r-cran-fastcluster
Uninstall r-cran-fastcluster And Its Dependencies
To uninstall r-cran-fastcluster and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove r-cran-fastcluster
Remove r-cran-fastcluster Configurations and Data
To remove r-cran-fastcluster configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge r-cran-fastcluster
Remove r-cran-fastcluster configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove r-cran-fastcluster configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge r-cran-fastcluster
Dependencies
r-cran-fastcluster have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-fastcluster package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.