How To Install r-cran-ftrading on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-ftrading on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is r-cran-ftrading
r-cran-ftrading is:
This package provides functions to import financial and economic data series import and is part of Rmetrics, a collection of packages for financial engineering and computational finance written and compiled by Diethelm Wuertz and others.
fTrading provides functions for technical trading analysis.
There are three methods to install r-cran-ftrading 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-ftrading 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-ftrading using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install r-cran-ftrading
Install r-cran-ftrading Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install r-cran-ftrading using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install r-cran-ftrading
Install r-cran-ftrading 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-ftrading using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-ftrading
How To Uninstall r-cran-ftrading on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the r-cran-ftrading package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove r-cran-ftrading
Uninstall r-cran-ftrading And Its Dependencies
To uninstall r-cran-ftrading 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-ftrading
Remove r-cran-ftrading Configurations and Data
To remove r-cran-ftrading configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge r-cran-ftrading
Remove r-cran-ftrading configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove r-cran-ftrading configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge r-cran-ftrading
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-ftrading package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
