How To Install r-cran-gbm on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-gbm on Debian 9.
What is r-cran-gbm
r-cran-gbm is:
This package implements extensions to Freund and Schapire’s AdaBoost algorithm and Friedman’s gradient boosting machine. Includes regression methods for least squares, absolute loss, t-distribution loss, quantile regression, logistic, multinomial logistic, Poisson, Cox proportional hazards partial likelihood, AdaBoost exponential loss, Huberized hinge loss, and Learning to Rank measures (LambdaMart).
There are three methods to install r-cran-gbm on Debian 9. 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-gbm 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-gbm using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install r-cran-gbm
Install r-cran-gbm Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install r-cran-gbm using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install r-cran-gbm
Install r-cran-gbm 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-gbm using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-gbm
How To Uninstall r-cran-gbm on Debian 9
To uninstall only the r-cran-gbm package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove r-cran-gbm
Uninstall r-cran-gbm And Its Dependencies
To uninstall r-cran-gbm and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove r-cran-gbm
Remove r-cran-gbm Configurations and Data
To remove r-cran-gbm configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge r-cran-gbm
Remove r-cran-gbm configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove r-cran-gbm configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge r-cran-gbm
Dependencies
r-cran-gbm have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-gbm package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.