How To Install r-cran-earth on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-earth on Kali Linux. r-cran-earth is GNU R multivariate adaptive regression splines

Introduction

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

What is r-cran-earth

r-cran-earth is:

This GNU R package builds regression models using the techniques in Friedman’s papers “Fast MARS” and “Multivariate Adaptive Regression Splines” doi:10.1214/aos/1176347963. (The term “MARS” is trademarked and thus not used in the name of the package.)

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

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

Install r-cran-earth Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install r-cran-earth

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

sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-earth

How To Uninstall r-cran-earth on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove r-cran-earth

Uninstall r-cran-earth And Its Dependencies

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

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

Remove r-cran-earth Configurations and Data

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

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

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

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

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

Dependencies

r-cran-earth have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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