How To Install r-cran-ritis on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-ritis on Debian 9. r-cran-ritis is GNU R Integrated Taxonomic Information System client

Introduction

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

What is r-cran-ritis

r-cran-ritis is:

A GNU R interface to the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (‘ITIS’) (https://www.itis.gov). Includes functions to work with the ‘ITIS’ REST ‘API’ methods (https://www.itis.gov/ws_description.html), as well as the ‘Solr’ web service (https://www.itis.gov/solr_documentation.html).

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

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

Install r-cran-ritis Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install r-cran-ritis

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

sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-ritis

How To Uninstall r-cran-ritis on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove r-cran-ritis

Uninstall r-cran-ritis And Its Dependencies

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

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

Remove r-cran-ritis Configurations and Data

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

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

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

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

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

Dependencies

r-cran-ritis have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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