How To Install r-cran-stringdist on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-stringdist on Debian 10.
What is r-cran-stringdist
r-cran-stringdist is:
Implements an approximate string matching version of R’s native ‘match’ function. Can calculate various string distances based on edits (Damerau- Levenshtein, Hamming, Levenshtein, optimal sting alignment), qgrams (q- gram, cosine, jaccard distance) or heuristic metrics (Jaro, Jaro- Winkler). An implementation of soundex is provided as well. Distances can be computed between character vectors while taking proper care of encoding or between integer vectors representing generic sequences.
There are three methods to install r-cran-stringdist 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-stringdist 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-stringdist using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install r-cran-stringdist
Install r-cran-stringdist Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install r-cran-stringdist using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install r-cran-stringdist
Install r-cran-stringdist 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-stringdist using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-stringdist
How To Uninstall r-cran-stringdist on Debian 10
To uninstall only the r-cran-stringdist package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove r-cran-stringdist
Uninstall r-cran-stringdist And Its Dependencies
To uninstall r-cran-stringdist and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove r-cran-stringdist
Remove r-cran-stringdist Configurations and Data
To remove r-cran-stringdist configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge r-cran-stringdist
Remove r-cran-stringdist configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove r-cran-stringdist configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge r-cran-stringdist
Dependencies
r-cran-stringdist have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-stringdist package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.