How To Install r-cran-gmm on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-gmm
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is r-cran-gmm
r-cran-gmm is:
This GNU R package is a complete suite to estimate models based on moment conditions. It includes the two step Generalized method of moments (Hansen 1982; doi:10.2307/1912775), the iterated GMM and continuous updated estimator (Hansen, Eaton and Yaron 1996; doi:10.2307/1392442) and several methods that belong to the Generalized Empirical Likelihood family of estimators (Smith 1997; doi:10.1111/j.0013-0133.1997.174.x, Kitamura 1997; doi:10.1214/aos/1069362388, Newey and Smith 2004; doi:10.1111/j.1468-0262.2004.00482.x, and Anatolyev 2005 doi:10.1111/j.1468-0262.2005.00601.x).
There are three methods to install r-cran-gmm
on Ubuntu 20.04. 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-gmm 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-gmm
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install r-cran-gmm
Install r-cran-gmm Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install r-cran-gmm
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install r-cran-gmm
Install r-cran-gmm 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-gmm
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-gmm
How To Uninstall r-cran-gmm on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the r-cran-gmm
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove r-cran-gmm
Uninstall r-cran-gmm And Its Dependencies
To uninstall r-cran-gmm
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove r-cran-gmm
Remove r-cran-gmm Configurations and Data
To remove r-cran-gmm
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge r-cran-gmm
Remove r-cran-gmm configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove r-cran-gmm
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge r-cran-gmm
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-gmm
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.