How To Install r-cran-fasianoptions on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-fasianoptions on Ubuntu 18.04. r-cran-fasianoptions is GNU R package for financial engineering – fAsianOptions

Introduction

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

What is r-cran-fasianoptions

r-cran-fasianoptions is:

This package of functions for financial engineering and computational finance is part of Rmetrics, a collection of packages written and compiled by Diethelm Wuertz.

fAsianOptions provides functions to price and hedge ‘asian’ (i.e. averaging) options on one or several assets.

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

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

Install r-cran-fasianoptions Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install r-cran-fasianoptions

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

sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-fasianoptions

How To Uninstall r-cran-fasianoptions on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove r-cran-fasianoptions

Uninstall r-cran-fasianoptions And Its Dependencies

To uninstall r-cran-fasianoptions 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-fasianoptions

Remove r-cran-fasianoptions Configurations and Data

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

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

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

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

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

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Summary

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