How To Install octave-statistics on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install octave-statistics on Debian 9.
What is octave-statistics
octave-statistics is:
This package provides additional statistical functions for Octave, including mean and variance for several distributions (geometric, hypergeometric, exponential, lognormal and others).
This Octave add-on package is part of the Octave-Forge project.
There are three methods to install octave-statistics on Debian 9. 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-statistics 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-statistics using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install octave-statistics
Install octave-statistics Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install octave-statistics using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install octave-statistics
Install octave-statistics 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-statistics using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install octave-statistics
How To Uninstall octave-statistics on Debian 9
To uninstall only the octave-statistics package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove octave-statistics
Uninstall octave-statistics And Its Dependencies
To uninstall octave-statistics and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove octave-statistics
Remove octave-statistics Configurations and Data
To remove octave-statistics configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge octave-statistics
Remove octave-statistics configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove octave-statistics configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge octave-statistics
Dependencies
octave-statistics have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install octave-statistics package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.