How To Install r-cran-rmpi on Debian 12

Learn how to install r-cran-rmpi on Debian 12 with this tutorial. r-cran-rmpi is GNU R package interfacing MPI libraries for distributed computing

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-rmpi on Debian 12.

What is r-cran-rmpi

r-cran-rmpi is:

This CRAN package provides an interface to the MPI (Message-Passing Interface) API. It also provides an interactive R slave environment in which distributed statistical computing can be carried out.

There are three methods to install r-cran-rmpi on Debian 12. 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-rmpi 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-rmpi using apt-get by running the following command:

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

Install r-cran-rmpi Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install r-cran-rmpi

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

sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-rmpi

How To Uninstall r-cran-rmpi on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove r-cran-rmpi

Uninstall r-cran-rmpi And Its Dependencies

To uninstall r-cran-rmpi and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

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

Remove r-cran-rmpi Configurations and Data

To remove r-cran-rmpi configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

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

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

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

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

Dependencies

r-cran-rmpi have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-rmpi package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.