How To Install r-cran-mass on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-mass on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is r-cran-mass
r-cran-mass is:
The MASS package provides functions and datasets to support the book ‘Modern Applied Statistics with S’ (4th edition) by W.N. Venables and B.D. Ripley. The following URL provides more details about the book: URL: http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/pub/MASS4
There are three methods to install r-cran-mass 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-mass 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-mass using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install r-cran-mass
Install r-cran-mass Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install r-cran-mass using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install r-cran-mass
Install r-cran-mass 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-mass using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-mass
How To Uninstall r-cran-mass on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the r-cran-mass package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove r-cran-mass
Uninstall r-cran-mass And Its Dependencies
To uninstall r-cran-mass 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-mass
Remove r-cran-mass Configurations and Data
To remove r-cran-mass configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge r-cran-mass
Remove r-cran-mass configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove r-cran-mass configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge r-cran-mass
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-mass package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
