How To Install r-cran-fastcluster on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-fastcluster on Debian 9. r-cran-fastcluster is Fast hierarchical clustering routines for GNU R

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.