How To Install gretl-data on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gretl-data on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is gretl-data
gretl-data is:
The GNU Regression, Econometric and Time-Series Library (gretl) is a software package for econometric analysis. The package comprises a shared library, a command-line client program, and a graphical client built using GTK+.
This package provides data sets (included in the gretl sources) which are used by the main gretl program.
There are three methods to install gretl-data on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install gretl-data Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gretl-data using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gretl-data
Install gretl-data Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gretl-data using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gretl-data
Install gretl-data 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 gretl-data using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gretl-data
How To Uninstall gretl-data on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the gretl-data package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gretl-data
Uninstall gretl-data And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gretl-data and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gretl-data
Remove gretl-data Configurations and Data
To remove gretl-data configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gretl-data
Remove gretl-data configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gretl-data configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gretl-data
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gretl-data package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
