How To Install r-cran-rcppannoy on Debian 10

Learn how to install r-cran-rcppannoy on Debian 10 with this tutorial. r-cran-rcppannoy is Rcpp bindings for Annoy (approximate nearest neighbors)

Introduction

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

What is r-cran-rcppannoy

r-cran-rcppannoy is:

‘Annoy’ is a small C++ library for Approximate Nearest Neighbors written for efficient memory usage as well an ability to load from / save to disk. This package provides an R interface by relying on the ‘Rcpp’ package, exposing the same interface as the original Python wrapper to ‘Annoy’.

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

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

Install r-cran-rcppannoy Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install r-cran-rcppannoy

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

sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-rcppannoy

How To Uninstall r-cran-rcppannoy on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove r-cran-rcppannoy

Uninstall r-cran-rcppannoy And Its Dependencies

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

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

Remove r-cran-rcppannoy Configurations and Data

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

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

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

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

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

Dependencies

r-cran-rcppannoy have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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