How To Install r-cran-diagnosismed on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-diagnosismed on Ubuntu 18.04. r-cran-diagnosismed is medical diagnostic test accuracy analysis toolkit

Introduction

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

What is r-cran-diagnosismed

r-cran-diagnosismed is:

DiagnosisMed is a GNU R package to analyze the accuracy of data from diagnostic tests evaluating health conditions. It was designed to be used by health professionals. This package helps estimating sensitivity and specificity from categorical and continuous test results including some evaluations of indeterminate results, or compare different categorical tests, and estimate reasonable cut-offs of tests and display it in a way commonly used by health professionals. No graphical interface is available yet.

There are three methods to install r-cran-diagnosismed 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-diagnosismed 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-diagnosismed using apt-get by running the following command:

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

Install r-cran-diagnosismed Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install r-cran-diagnosismed

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

sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-diagnosismed

How To Uninstall r-cran-diagnosismed on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove r-cran-diagnosismed

Uninstall r-cran-diagnosismed And Its Dependencies

To uninstall r-cran-diagnosismed 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-diagnosismed

Remove r-cran-diagnosismed Configurations and Data

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

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

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

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

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

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Summary

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