How To Install r-cran-epiestim on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-epiestim on Ubuntu 22.04. r-cran-epiestim is GNU R estimate time varying reproduction numbers from rpidemic curves

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-epiestim on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is r-cran-epiestim

r-cran-epiestim is:

Tools to quantify transmissibility throughout an epidemic from the analysis of time series of incidence as described in Cori et al. (2013) doi:10.1093/aje/kwt133 and Wallinga and Teunis (2004) doi:10.1093/aje/kwh255.

There are three methods to install r-cran-epiestim on Ubuntu 22.04. 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-epiestim 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-epiestim using apt-get by running the following command:

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

Install r-cran-epiestim Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install r-cran-epiestim

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

sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-epiestim

How To Uninstall r-cran-epiestim on Ubuntu 22.04

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

sudo apt-get remove r-cran-epiestim

Uninstall r-cran-epiestim And Its Dependencies

To uninstall r-cran-epiestim and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

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

Remove r-cran-epiestim Configurations and Data

To remove r-cran-epiestim configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

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

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

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

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

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-epiestim package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.