How To Install r-cran-rcppdist on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-rcppdist on Ubuntu 22.04. r-cran-rcppdist is Rcpp Integration of Additional Probability Distributions

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-rcppdist on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is r-cran-rcppdist

r-cran-rcppdist is:

The ‘Rcpp’ package provides a C++ library to make it easier to use C++ with R. R and ‘Rcpp’ provide functions for a variety of statistical distributions.

Several R packages make functions available to R for additional statistical distributions. However, to access these functions from C++ code, a costly call to the R functions must be made. ‘RcppDist’ provides a header-only C++ library with functions for additional statistical distributions that can be called from C++ when writing code using ‘Rcpp’ or ‘RcppArmadillo’. Functions are available that return a ‘NumericVector’ as well as doubles, and for multivariate or matrix distributions, ‘Armadillo’ vectors and matrices.

‘RcppDist’ provides functions for the following distributions:

  • the four parameter beta distribution;
  • the location-scale t distribution;
  • the truncated normal distribution;
  • the truncated t distribution;
  • a truncated location-scale t distribution;
  • the triangle distribution;
  • the multivariate normal distribution*;
  • the multivariate t distribution*;
  • the Wishart distribution*; and
  • the inverse Wishart distribution*. Distributions marked with an asterisk rely on ‘RcppArmadillo’.

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

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

Install r-cran-rcppdist Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install r-cran-rcppdist

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

sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-rcppdist

How To Uninstall r-cran-rcppdist on Ubuntu 22.04

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

sudo apt-get remove r-cran-rcppdist

Uninstall r-cran-rcppdist And Its Dependencies

To uninstall r-cran-rcppdist 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-rcppdist

Remove r-cran-rcppdist Configurations and Data

To remove r-cran-rcppdist configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

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

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

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

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

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-rcppdist package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.