How To Install r-cran-gmodels on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-gmodels on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is r-cran-gmodels
r-cran-gmodels is:
This package of R programming tools for model fitting was written by Gregory Warnes with code contributions by Ben Bolker and Thomas Lumley.
This package used to be part of the gregmisc bundle packaged for Debian as r-cran-gregmisc.
There are three methods to install r-cran-gmodels 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-gmodels 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-gmodels using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install r-cran-gmodels
Install r-cran-gmodels Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install r-cran-gmodels using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install r-cran-gmodels
Install r-cran-gmodels 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-gmodels using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-gmodels
How To Uninstall r-cran-gmodels on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the r-cran-gmodels package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove r-cran-gmodels
Uninstall r-cran-gmodels And Its Dependencies
To uninstall r-cran-gmodels 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-gmodels
Remove r-cran-gmodels Configurations and Data
To remove r-cran-gmodels configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge r-cran-gmodels
Remove r-cran-gmodels configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove r-cran-gmodels configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge r-cran-gmodels
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-gmodels package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
