How To Install gretl-data on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gretl-data
on Ubuntu 20.04.
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 20.04. 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 20.04
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 20.04, 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 20.04 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
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gretl-data
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.