How To Install r-cran-adephylo on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-adephylo on Ubuntu 18.04. r-cran-adephylo is GNU R exploratory analyses for the phylogenetic comparative method

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-adephylo on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is r-cran-adephylo

r-cran-adephylo is:

This GNU R package provides multivariate tools to analyze comparative data, i.e. a phylogeny and some traits measured for each taxa.

There are three methods to install r-cran-adephylo on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install r-cran-adephylo 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-adephylo using apt-get by running the following command:

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

Install r-cran-adephylo Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install r-cran-adephylo

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

sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-adephylo

How To Uninstall r-cran-adephylo on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove r-cran-adephylo

Uninstall r-cran-adephylo And Its Dependencies

To uninstall r-cran-adephylo and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

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

Remove r-cran-adephylo Configurations and Data

To remove r-cran-adephylo configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

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

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

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

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

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-adephylo package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.