How To Install r-cran-epi on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-epi on Debian 9. r-cran-epi is GNU R epidemiological analysis

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-epi on Debian 9.

What is r-cran-epi

r-cran-epi is:

Functions for demographic and epidemiological analysis in the Lexis diagram, i.e. register and cohort follow-up data, including interval censored data and representation of multistate data. Also some useful functions for tabulation and plotting. Contains some epidemiological datasets.

The Epi package is mainly focused on “classical” chronic disease epidemiology. The package has grown out of the course Statistical Practice in Epidemiology using R (see http://www.pubhealth.ku.dk/~bxc/SPE).

There is A short introduction to R for Epidemiology available at http://staff.pubhealth.ku.dk/%7Ebxc/Epi/R-intro.pdf Beware that the pages 38-120 of this is merely the manual pages for the Epi package.

Epi is not the only R-package for epidemiological analysis, a package with more affinity to infectious disease epidemiology is the epitools package which is also evailable in Debian.

Epi is used in the Department of Biostatistics of the University of Copenhagen.

There are three methods to install r-cran-epi on Debian 9. 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-epi 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-epi using apt-get by running the following command:

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

Install r-cran-epi Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install r-cran-epi

Install r-cran-epi 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-epi

How To Uninstall r-cran-epi on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove r-cran-epi

Uninstall r-cran-epi And Its Dependencies

To uninstall r-cran-epi and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

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

Remove r-cran-epi Configurations and Data

To remove r-cran-epi configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

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

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

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

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

Dependencies

r-cran-epi have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-epi package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.