How To Install r-cran-lbfgsb3c on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-lbfgsb3c
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is r-cran-lbfgsb3c
r-cran-lbfgsb3c is:
Interfacing to Nocedal et al. L-BFGS-B.3.0 (See http://users.iems.northwestern.edu/~nocedal/lbfgsb.html) limited memory BFGS minimizer with bounds on parameters. This is a fork of ’lbfgsb3’. This registers a ‘R’ compatible ‘C’ interface to L-BFGS-B.3.0 that uses the same function types and optimization as the optim() function (see writing ‘R’ extensions and source for details). This package also adds more stopping criteria as well as allowing the adjustment of more tolerances.
There are three methods to install r-cran-lbfgsb3c
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-lbfgsb3c 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-lbfgsb3c
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install r-cran-lbfgsb3c
Install r-cran-lbfgsb3c Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install r-cran-lbfgsb3c
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install r-cran-lbfgsb3c
Install r-cran-lbfgsb3c 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-lbfgsb3c
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-lbfgsb3c
How To Uninstall r-cran-lbfgsb3c on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the r-cran-lbfgsb3c
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove r-cran-lbfgsb3c
Uninstall r-cran-lbfgsb3c And Its Dependencies
To uninstall r-cran-lbfgsb3c
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-lbfgsb3c
Remove r-cran-lbfgsb3c Configurations and Data
To remove r-cran-lbfgsb3c
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge r-cran-lbfgsb3c
Remove r-cran-lbfgsb3c configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove r-cran-lbfgsb3c
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge r-cran-lbfgsb3c
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-lbfgsb3c
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.