How To Install r-cran-rmpi on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-rmpi on Ubuntu 18.04.
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 Ubuntu 18.04. 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 Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 18.04
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 Ubuntu 18.04, 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 Ubuntu 18.04 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
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-rmpi package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
