How To Install r-cran-rentrez on Debian 10

Learn how to install r-cran-rentrez on Debian 10 with this tutorial. r-cran-rentrez is GNU R interface to the NCBIs EUtils API

Introduction

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

What is r-cran-rentrez

r-cran-rentrez is:

Provides an R interface to the NCBI’s EUtils API allowing users to search databases like GenBank and PubMed, process the results of those searches and pull data into their R sessions.

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

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

Install r-cran-rentrez Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install r-cran-rentrez

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

sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-rentrez

How To Uninstall r-cran-rentrez on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove r-cran-rentrez

Uninstall r-cran-rentrez And Its Dependencies

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

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

Remove r-cran-rentrez Configurations and Data

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

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

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

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

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

Dependencies

r-cran-rentrez have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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