How To Install r-cran-fexoticoptions on Ubuntu 18.04

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

Introduction

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

What is r-cran-fexoticoptions

r-cran-fexoticoptions 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.

fExoticOptions provides functions to price and hedge exotic options on one or several assets.

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

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

Install r-cran-fexoticoptions Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install r-cran-fexoticoptions

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

sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-fexoticoptions

How To Uninstall r-cran-fexoticoptions on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove r-cran-fexoticoptions

Uninstall r-cran-fexoticoptions And Its Dependencies

To uninstall r-cran-fexoticoptions 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-fexoticoptions

Remove r-cran-fexoticoptions Configurations and Data

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

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

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

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

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

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Summary

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