How To Install r-cran-coda on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-coda on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is r-cran-coda
r-cran-coda is:
This package provides output analysis and diagnostics for Markov Chain Monte Carlo simulations and estimations within R. It also includes some graphical analysis routines and a facility for importing output from BUGS (Bayes Using Gibbs Sampling), a popular tool for running MCMC simulations.
The related r-cran-mcmcpack package includes MCMC estimators for some common models in the social sciences.
There are three methods to install r-cran-coda 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-coda 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-coda using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install r-cran-coda
Install r-cran-coda Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install r-cran-coda using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install r-cran-coda
Install r-cran-coda 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-coda using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-coda
How To Uninstall r-cran-coda on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the r-cran-coda package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove r-cran-coda
Uninstall r-cran-coda And Its Dependencies
To uninstall r-cran-coda 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-coda
Remove r-cran-coda Configurations and Data
To remove r-cran-coda configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge r-cran-coda
Remove r-cran-coda configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove r-cran-coda configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge r-cran-coda
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-coda package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
