How To Install r-cran-epicalc on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-epicalc on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is r-cran-epicalc
r-cran-epicalc is:
Functions making R easy for epidemiological calculation.
Datasets from Dbase (.dbf), Stata (.dta), SPSS(.sav), EpiInfo(.rec) and Comma separated value (.csv) formats as well as R data frames can be processed to do make several epidemiological calculations.
There are three methods to install r-cran-epicalc 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-epicalc 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-epicalc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install r-cran-epicalc
Install r-cran-epicalc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install r-cran-epicalc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install r-cran-epicalc
Install r-cran-epicalc 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-epicalc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-epicalc
How To Uninstall r-cran-epicalc on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the r-cran-epicalc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove r-cran-epicalc
Uninstall r-cran-epicalc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall r-cran-epicalc 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-epicalc
Remove r-cran-epicalc Configurations and Data
To remove r-cran-epicalc configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge r-cran-epicalc
Remove r-cran-epicalc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove r-cran-epicalc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge r-cran-epicalc
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-epicalc package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
