How To Install r-cran-vegan on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-vegan on Debian 9. r-cran-vegan is Community Ecology Package for R

Introduction

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

What is r-cran-vegan

r-cran-vegan is:

R package for community ecologists. It contains most multivariate analysis needed in analysing ecological communities, and tools for diversity analysis. Most diversity methods assume that data are counts of individuals.

These tools are sometimes used outside the field of ecology, for instance to study populations of white blood cells or RNA molecules.

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

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

Install r-cran-vegan Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install r-cran-vegan

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

sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-vegan

How To Uninstall r-cran-vegan on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove r-cran-vegan

Uninstall r-cran-vegan And Its Dependencies

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

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

Remove r-cran-vegan Configurations and Data

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

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

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

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

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

Dependencies

r-cran-vegan have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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