How To Install r-cran-mclust on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-mclust on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is r-cran-mclust
r-cran-mclust is:
This GNU R package supports Gaussian Mixture Modelling for Model-Based Clustering, Classification, and Density Estimation.
Gaussian finite mixture models fitted via EM algorithm for model-based clustering, classification, and density estimation, including Bayesian regularization, dimension reduction for visualisation, and resampling-based inference.
There are three methods to install r-cran-mclust 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-mclust 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-mclust using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install r-cran-mclust
Install r-cran-mclust Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install r-cran-mclust using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install r-cran-mclust
Install r-cran-mclust 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-mclust using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-mclust
How To Uninstall r-cran-mclust on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the r-cran-mclust package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove r-cran-mclust
Uninstall r-cran-mclust And Its Dependencies
To uninstall r-cran-mclust 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-mclust
Remove r-cran-mclust Configurations and Data
To remove r-cran-mclust configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge r-cran-mclust
Remove r-cran-mclust configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove r-cran-mclust configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge r-cran-mclust
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-mclust package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
