How To Install r-cran-mgcv on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-mgcv on Kali Linux. r-cran-mgcv is GNU R package for multiple parameter smoothing estimation

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-mgcv on Kali Linux.

What is r-cran-mgcv

r-cran-mgcv is:

This package provides functions for generalised additive models (GAMs) and other generalized ridge regression problems with multiple smoothing parameter selection by GCV or UBRE. It includes an implementation (not a clone) of gam().

This package is part of the set of packages that are ‘recommended’ by R Core and shipped with upstream source releases of R itself.

There are three methods to install r-cran-mgcv on Kali Linux. 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-mgcv 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-mgcv using apt-get by running the following command:

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

Install r-cran-mgcv Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install r-cran-mgcv

Install r-cran-mgcv Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-mgcv

How To Uninstall r-cran-mgcv on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove r-cran-mgcv

Uninstall r-cran-mgcv And Its Dependencies

To uninstall r-cran-mgcv and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

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

Remove r-cran-mgcv Configurations and Data

To remove r-cran-mgcv configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

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

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

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

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

Dependencies

r-cran-mgcv have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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