How To Install r-cran-sqldf on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-sqldf on Debian 12.
What is r-cran-sqldf
r-cran-sqldf is:
The sqldf() function is typically passed a single argument which is an SQL select statement where the table names are ordinary R data frame names. sqldf() transparently sets up a database, imports the data frames into that database, performs the SQL select or other statement and returns the result using a heuristic to determine which class to assign to each column of the returned data frame. The sqldf() or read.csv.sql() functions can also be used to read filtered files into R even if the original files are larger than R itself can handle. ‘RSQLite’, ‘RH2’, ‘RMySQL’ and ‘RPostgreSQL’ backends are supported.
There are three methods to install r-cran-sqldf 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-sqldf 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-sqldf using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install r-cran-sqldf
Install r-cran-sqldf Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install r-cran-sqldf using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install r-cran-sqldf
Install r-cran-sqldf 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-sqldf using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-sqldf
How To Uninstall r-cran-sqldf on Debian 12
To uninstall only the r-cran-sqldf package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove r-cran-sqldf
Uninstall r-cran-sqldf And Its Dependencies
To uninstall r-cran-sqldf and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove r-cran-sqldf
Remove r-cran-sqldf Configurations and Data
To remove r-cran-sqldf configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge r-cran-sqldf
Remove r-cran-sqldf configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove r-cran-sqldf configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge r-cran-sqldf
Dependencies
r-cran-sqldf have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-sqldf package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
