How To Install r-cran-fields on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-fields on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is r-cran-fields
r-cran-fields is:
For curve, surface and function fitting with an emphasis on splines, spatial data and spatial statistics. The major methods include cubic, and thin plate splines, Kriging and compact covariances for large data sets. The splines and Kriging methods are supported by functions that can determine the smoothing parameter (nugget and sill variance) and other covariance parameters by cross validation and also by restricted maximum likelihood. For Kriging there is an easy to use function that also estimates the correlation scale (range). A major feature is that any covariance function implemented in R and following a simple fields format can be used for spatial prediction. There are also many useful functions for plotting and working with spatial data as images. This package also contains an implementation of sparse matrix methods for large spatial data sets.
There are three methods to install r-cran-fields 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-fields 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-fields using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install r-cran-fields
Install r-cran-fields Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install r-cran-fields using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install r-cran-fields
Install r-cran-fields 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-fields using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-fields
How To Uninstall r-cran-fields on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the r-cran-fields package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove r-cran-fields
Uninstall r-cran-fields And Its Dependencies
To uninstall r-cran-fields 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-fields
Remove r-cran-fields Configurations and Data
To remove r-cran-fields configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge r-cran-fields
Remove r-cran-fields configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove r-cran-fields configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge r-cran-fields
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-fields package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.