How To Install r-cran-fitdistrplus on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-fitdistrplus on Debian 12.
What is r-cran-fitdistrplus
r-cran-fitdistrplus is:
Extends the fitdistr() function (of the MASS package) with several functions to help the fit of a parametric distribution to non-censored or censored data. Censored data may contain left censored, right censored and interval censored values, with several lower and upper bounds. In addition to maximum likelihood estimation (MLE), the package provides moment matching (MME), quantile matching (QME) and maximum goodness-of-fit estimation (MGE) methods (available only for non-censored data). Weighted versions of MLE, MME and QME are available. See e.g. Casella & Berger (2002). Statistical inference. Pacific Grove.
There are three methods to install r-cran-fitdistrplus on Debian 12. 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-fitdistrplus 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-fitdistrplus using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install r-cran-fitdistrplus
Install r-cran-fitdistrplus Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install r-cran-fitdistrplus using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install r-cran-fitdistrplus
Install r-cran-fitdistrplus 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install r-cran-fitdistrplus using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-fitdistrplus
How To Uninstall r-cran-fitdistrplus on Debian 12
To uninstall only the r-cran-fitdistrplus package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove r-cran-fitdistrplus
Uninstall r-cran-fitdistrplus And Its Dependencies
To uninstall r-cran-fitdistrplus and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove r-cran-fitdistrplus
Remove r-cran-fitdistrplus Configurations and Data
To remove r-cran-fitdistrplus configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge r-cran-fitdistrplus
Remove r-cran-fitdistrplus configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove r-cran-fitdistrplus configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge r-cran-fitdistrplus
Dependencies
r-cran-fitdistrplus have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-fitdistrplus package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
