How To Install r-cran-lhs on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-lhs on Debian 9. r-cran-lhs is GNU R package lhs

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-lhs on Debian 9.

What is r-cran-lhs

r-cran-lhs is:

This package provides a number of methods for creating and augmenting Latin Hypercube Samples.

Latin hypercube sampling (LHS) is a statistical method for generating a sample of plausible collections of parameter values from a multidimensional distribution. The sampling method is often used to construct computer experiments.

There are three methods to install r-cran-lhs on Debian 9. 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-lhs 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-lhs using apt-get by running the following command:

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

Install r-cran-lhs Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install r-cran-lhs

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

sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-lhs

How To Uninstall r-cran-lhs on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove r-cran-lhs

Uninstall r-cran-lhs And Its Dependencies

To uninstall r-cran-lhs and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

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

Remove r-cran-lhs Configurations and Data

To remove r-cran-lhs configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

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

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

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

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

Dependencies

r-cran-lhs have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-lhs package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.