How To Install r-cran-minqa on Debian 10

Learn how to install r-cran-minqa on Debian 10 with this tutorial. r-cran-minqa is GNU R package for quadratic optimisation without derivatives

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-minqa on Debian 10.

What is r-cran-minqa

r-cran-minqa is:

The minqa package implements derivative-free optimization by quadratic approximation based on an interface to Fortran implementations by MJD Powell.

There are three methods to install r-cran-minqa 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-minqa 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-minqa using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install r-cran-minqa

Install r-cran-minqa Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install r-cran-minqa using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install r-cran-minqa

Install r-cran-minqa 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-minqa using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-minqa

How To Uninstall r-cran-minqa on Debian 10

To uninstall only the r-cran-minqa package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove r-cran-minqa

Uninstall r-cran-minqa And Its Dependencies

To uninstall r-cran-minqa and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove r-cran-minqa

Remove r-cran-minqa Configurations and Data

To remove r-cran-minqa configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge r-cran-minqa

Remove r-cran-minqa configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove r-cran-minqa configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge r-cran-minqa

Dependencies

r-cran-minqa have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-minqa package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.