How To Install r-cran-mcmc on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-mcmc
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is r-cran-mcmc
r-cran-mcmc is:
Simulates continuous distributions of random vectors using Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC). Users specify the distribution by an R function that evaluates the log unnormalized density. Algorithms are random walk Metropolis algorithm (function metrop), simulated tempering (function temper), and morphometric random walk Metropolis (Johnson and Geyer, Annals of Statistics, 2012, function morph.metrop), which achieves geometric ergodicity by change of variable.
There are three methods to install r-cran-mcmc
on Ubuntu 22.04. 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-mcmc 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-mcmc
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install r-cran-mcmc
Install r-cran-mcmc Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install r-cran-mcmc
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install r-cran-mcmc
Install r-cran-mcmc 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-mcmc
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-mcmc
How To Uninstall r-cran-mcmc on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the r-cran-mcmc
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove r-cran-mcmc
Uninstall r-cran-mcmc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall r-cran-mcmc
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove r-cran-mcmc
Remove r-cran-mcmc Configurations and Data
To remove r-cran-mcmc
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge r-cran-mcmc
Remove r-cran-mcmc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove r-cran-mcmc
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge r-cran-mcmc
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-mcmc
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.