How To Install r-cran-rcppparallel on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-rcppparallel on Ubuntu.
What is r-cran-rcppparallel
r-cran-rcppparallel is:
High level functions for parallel programming with ‘Rcpp’ (GNU R). For example, the ‘parallelFor()’ function can be used to convert the work of a standard serial “for” loop into a parallel one and the ‘parallelReduce()’ function can be used for accumulating aggregate or other values.
There are three methods to install r-cran-rcppparallel on Ubuntu. 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-rcppparallel 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-rcppparallel using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install r-cran-rcppparallel
Install r-cran-rcppparallel Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install r-cran-rcppparallel using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install r-cran-rcppparallel
Install r-cran-rcppparallel 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-rcppparallel using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-rcppparallel
How To Uninstall r-cran-rcppparallel on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the r-cran-rcppparallel package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove r-cran-rcppparallel
Uninstall r-cran-rcppparallel And Its Dependencies
To uninstall r-cran-rcppparallel and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove r-cran-rcppparallel
Remove r-cran-rcppparallel Configurations and Data
To remove r-cran-rcppparallel configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge r-cran-rcppparallel
Remove r-cran-rcppparallel configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove r-cran-rcppparallel configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge r-cran-rcppparallel
Dependencies
r-cran-rcppparallel have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-rcppparallel package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.