How To Install r-cran-gbm on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-gbm on Kali Linux. r-cran-gbm is GNU R package providing Generalized Boosted Regression Models

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-gbm on Kali Linux.

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 Kali Linux. 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 on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. 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 Kali Linux

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 Kali Linux, 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 Kali Linux 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 Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.