How To Install r-cran-irlba on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-irlba on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is r-cran-irlba
r-cran-irlba is:
This GNU R package provides Fast and memory efficient methods for truncated singular and eigenvalue decompositions and principal component analysis of large sparse or dense matrices.
There are three methods to install r-cran-irlba 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-irlba 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-irlba using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install r-cran-irlba
Install r-cran-irlba Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install r-cran-irlba using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install r-cran-irlba
Install r-cran-irlba 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-irlba using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-irlba
How To Uninstall r-cran-irlba on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the r-cran-irlba package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove r-cran-irlba
Uninstall r-cran-irlba And Its Dependencies
To uninstall r-cran-irlba 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-irlba
Remove r-cran-irlba Configurations and Data
To remove r-cran-irlba configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge r-cran-irlba
Remove r-cran-irlba configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove r-cran-irlba configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge r-cran-irlba
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-irlba package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.