How To Install r-cran-lava on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-lava on Kali Linux.
What is r-cran-lava
r-cran-lava is:
A general implementation of Structural Equation Models with latent variables (MLE, 2SLS, and composite likelihood estimators) with both continuous, censored, and ordinal outcomes (Holst and Budtz-Joergensen (2013) doi:10.1007/s00180-012-0344-y). The package also provides methods for graph exploration (d-separation, back-door criterion), simulation of general non-linear latent variable models, and estimation of influence functions for a broad range of statistical models.
There are three methods to install r-cran-lava 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-lava Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install r-cran-lava using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install r-cran-lavaInstall r-cran-lava Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install r-cran-lava using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install r-cran-lavaInstall r-cran-lava 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install r-cran-lava using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-lavaHow To Uninstall r-cran-lava on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the r-cran-lava package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove r-cran-lavaUninstall r-cran-lava And Its Dependencies
To uninstall r-cran-lava and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove r-cran-lavaRemove r-cran-lava Configurations and Data
To remove r-cran-lava configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge r-cran-lavaRemove r-cran-lava configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove r-cran-lava configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge r-cran-lavaDependencies
r-cran-lava have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-lava package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
