How To Install octave-nan on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install octave-nan on Debian 10.
What is octave-nan
octave-nan is:
This package allows the handling of data with and without missing values by using NaN in Octave. Features of this package includes: implement of the statistical tools, supports DIM argument, supports unbiased estimation significance test, confidence intervals and Spearman`s rank correlation included in CORRCOEF.
This package changes the way NaNs are handled in Octave. In order to use its functions, the user must explicitly ask Octave to load the package.
This Octave add-on package is part of the Octave-Forge project.
There are three methods to install octave-nan on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install octave-nan Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install octave-nan using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install octave-nan
Install octave-nan Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install octave-nan using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install octave-nan
Install octave-nan 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install octave-nan using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install octave-nan
How To Uninstall octave-nan on Debian 10
To uninstall only the octave-nan package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove octave-nan
Uninstall octave-nan And Its Dependencies
To uninstall octave-nan and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove octave-nan
Remove octave-nan Configurations and Data
To remove octave-nan configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge octave-nan
Remove octave-nan configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove octave-nan configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge octave-nan
Dependencies
octave-nan have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install octave-nan package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.