How To Install r-cran-boot on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-boot on Kali Linux. r-cran-boot is GNU R package for bootstrapping functions from Davison and Hinkley

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-boot on Kali Linux.

What is r-cran-boot

r-cran-boot is:

This package provides functions and datasets from the book “Bootstrap Methods and Their Applications” by A. C. Davison and D. V. Hinkley (1997, CUP). It was witten by Angelo Canty, and ported to R by Brian Ripley.

This package is part of the set of packages that are ‘recommended’ by R Core and shipped with upstream source releases of R itself.

There are three methods to install r-cran-boot on Kali Linux. 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-boot 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-boot using apt-get by running the following command:

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

Install r-cran-boot Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install r-cran-boot

Install r-cran-boot Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-boot

How To Uninstall r-cran-boot on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove r-cran-boot

Uninstall r-cran-boot And Its Dependencies

To uninstall r-cran-boot and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

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

Remove r-cran-boot Configurations and Data

To remove r-cran-boot configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

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

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

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

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

Dependencies

r-cran-boot have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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