How To Install r-cran-fastcluster on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-fastcluster
on Ubuntu 20.04.
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 Ubuntu 20.04. 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 Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 20.04
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 Ubuntu 20.04, 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 Ubuntu 20.04 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
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-fastcluster
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.