How To Install r-cran-hdf5 on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-hdf5 on Debian 10.
What is r-cran-hdf5
r-cran-hdf5 is:
This package provides the functions hdf5save and hdf5load which allow saving and loading of R variables in the Hierarchical Data Format (HDF) format. Lists, strings, vectors, matrices and higher-dimensional arrays are supported.
There are three methods to install r-cran-hdf5 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-hdf5 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-hdf5 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install r-cran-hdf5
Install r-cran-hdf5 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install r-cran-hdf5 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install r-cran-hdf5
Install r-cran-hdf5 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-hdf5 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-hdf5
How To Uninstall r-cran-hdf5 on Debian 10
To uninstall only the r-cran-hdf5 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove r-cran-hdf5
Uninstall r-cran-hdf5 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall r-cran-hdf5 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove r-cran-hdf5
Remove r-cran-hdf5 Configurations and Data
To remove r-cran-hdf5 configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge r-cran-hdf5
Remove r-cran-hdf5 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove r-cran-hdf5 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge r-cran-hdf5
Dependencies
r-cran-hdf5 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-hdf5 package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.