How To Install r-cran-nws on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-nws on Debian 9. r-cran-nws is GNU R package for distributed programming via NetWorkSpaces

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-nws on Debian 9.

What is r-cran-nws

r-cran-nws is:

This Debian package provides support for NetWorkSpaces (NWS), a distributed computing toolkit which makes it easy to use computing clusters from within the Python and GNU R languages and scripting environments..

See http://www.ddj.com/web-development/200001971 for a recent overview article on NetWorkSpaces (albeit with a focus on use from Python).

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

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

Install r-cran-nws Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install r-cran-nws

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

sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-nws

How To Uninstall r-cran-nws on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove r-cran-nws

Uninstall r-cran-nws And Its Dependencies

To uninstall r-cran-nws and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

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

Remove r-cran-nws Configurations and Data

To remove r-cran-nws configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

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

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

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

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

Dependencies

r-cran-nws have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-nws package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.