How To Install r-cran-gower on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-gower on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is r-cran-gower
r-cran-gower is:
Compute Gower’s distance (or similarity) coefficient between records. Compute the top-n matches between records. Core algorithms are executed in parallel on systems supporting OpenMP.
There are three methods to install r-cran-gower 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-gower 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-gower using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install r-cran-gower
Install r-cran-gower Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install r-cran-gower using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install r-cran-gower
Install r-cran-gower 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-gower using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-gower
How To Uninstall r-cran-gower on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the r-cran-gower package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove r-cran-gower
Uninstall r-cran-gower And Its Dependencies
To uninstall r-cran-gower 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-gower
Remove r-cran-gower Configurations and Data
To remove r-cran-gower configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge r-cran-gower
Remove r-cran-gower configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove r-cran-gower configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge r-cran-gower
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-gower package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
