How To Install r-cran-rstan on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-rstan on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is r-cran-rstan
r-cran-rstan is:
User-facing R functions are provided to parse, compile, test, estimate, and analyze Stan models by accessing the header-only Stan library provided by the ‘StanHeaders’ package. The Stan project develops a probabilistic programming language that implements full Bayesian statistical inference via Markov Chain Monte Carlo, rough Bayesian inference via ‘variational’ approximation, and (optionally penalized) maximum likelihood estimation via optimization. In all three cases, automatic differentiation is used to quickly and accurately evaluate gradients without burdening the user with the need to derive the partial derivatives.
There are three methods to install r-cran-rstan 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-rstan 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-rstan using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install r-cran-rstan
Install r-cran-rstan Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install r-cran-rstan using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install r-cran-rstan
Install r-cran-rstan 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-rstan using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-rstan
How To Uninstall r-cran-rstan on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the r-cran-rstan package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove r-cran-rstan
Uninstall r-cran-rstan And Its Dependencies
To uninstall r-cran-rstan 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-rstan
Remove r-cran-rstan Configurations and Data
To remove r-cran-rstan configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge r-cran-rstan
Remove r-cran-rstan configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove r-cran-rstan configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge r-cran-rstan
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-rstan package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
