How To Install r-cran-actuar on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-actuar on Debian 11. r-cran-actuar is GNU R actuarial functions and heavy tailed distributions

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-actuar on Debian 11.

What is r-cran-actuar

r-cran-actuar is:

Functions and data sets for actuarial science: modeling of loss distributions; risk theory and ruin theory; simulation of compound models, discrete mixtures and compound hierarchical models; credibility theory. Support for many additional probability distributions to model insurance loss amounts and loss frequency: 19 continuous heavy tailed distributions; the Poisson-inverse Gaussian discrete distribution; zero-truncated and zero-modified extensions of the standard discrete distributions. Support for phase-type distributions commonly used to compute ruin probabilities.

There are three methods to install r-cran-actuar on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install r-cran-actuar Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install r-cran-actuar using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install r-cran-actuar

Install r-cran-actuar Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install r-cran-actuar using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install r-cran-actuar

Install r-cran-actuar 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 r-cran-actuar using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-actuar

How To Uninstall r-cran-actuar on Debian 11

To uninstall only the r-cran-actuar package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove r-cran-actuar

Uninstall r-cran-actuar And Its Dependencies

To uninstall r-cran-actuar and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove r-cran-actuar

Remove r-cran-actuar Configurations and Data

To remove r-cran-actuar configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge r-cran-actuar

Remove r-cran-actuar configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove r-cran-actuar configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge r-cran-actuar

Dependencies

r-cran-actuar have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-actuar package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.