How To Install r-cran-gam on Debian 10

Learn how to install r-cran-gam on Debian 10 with this tutorial. r-cran-gam is Generalized Additive Models for R

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-gam on Debian 10.

What is r-cran-gam

r-cran-gam is:

Functions for fitting and working with generalized additive models, as described in chapter 7 of ??Statistical Models in S?? (Chambers and Hastie (eds), 1991), and ??Generalized Additive Models?? (Hastie and Tibshirani, 1990).

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

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

Install r-cran-gam Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install r-cran-gam

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

sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-gam

How To Uninstall r-cran-gam on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove r-cran-gam

Uninstall r-cran-gam And Its Dependencies

To uninstall r-cran-gam and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

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

Remove r-cran-gam Configurations and Data

To remove r-cran-gam configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

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

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

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

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

Dependencies

r-cran-gam have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-gam package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.