How To Install python-statsmodels on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-statsmodels on Debian 9. python-statsmodels is Python module for the estimation of statistical models

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-statsmodels on Debian 9.

What is python-statsmodels

python-statsmodels is:

statsmodels Python module provides classes and functions for the estimation of several categories of statistical models. These currently include linear regression models, OLS, GLS, WLS and GLS with AR(p) errors, generalized linear models for six distribution families and M-estimators for robust linear models. An extensive list of result statistics are available for each estimation problem.

There are three methods to install python-statsmodels 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 python-statsmodels Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install python-statsmodels using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python-statsmodels

Install python-statsmodels Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install python-statsmodels using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install python-statsmodels

Install python-statsmodels 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 python-statsmodels using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python-statsmodels

How To Uninstall python-statsmodels on Debian 9

To uninstall only the python-statsmodels package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python-statsmodels

Uninstall python-statsmodels And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python-statsmodels and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-statsmodels

Remove python-statsmodels Configurations and Data

To remove python-statsmodels configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python-statsmodels

Remove python-statsmodels configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove python-statsmodels configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-statsmodels

Dependencies

python-statsmodels have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-statsmodels package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.