How To Install r-cran-fassets on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-fassets on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is r-cran-fassets
r-cran-fassets is:
This package provides functions for modelling and selection of financial assets is part of Rmetrics, a collection of packages for financial engineering and computational finance written and compiled by Diethelm Wuertz and others.
fAssets provides asset selection and modelling functions.
There are three methods to install r-cran-fassets on Ubuntu 20.04. 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-fassets 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-fassets using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install r-cran-fassets
Install r-cran-fassets Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install r-cran-fassets using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install r-cran-fassets
Install r-cran-fassets 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-fassets using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-fassets
How To Uninstall r-cran-fassets on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the r-cran-fassets package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove r-cran-fassets
Uninstall r-cran-fassets And Its Dependencies
To uninstall r-cran-fassets and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove r-cran-fassets
Remove r-cran-fassets Configurations and Data
To remove r-cran-fassets configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge r-cran-fassets
Remove r-cran-fassets configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove r-cran-fassets configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge r-cran-fassets
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-fassets package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.