How To Install r-cran-medadherence on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-medadherence on Ubuntu 18.04. r-cran-medadherence is GNU R Medication Adherence

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-medadherence on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is r-cran-medadherence

r-cran-medadherence is:

Adherence is defined as “the extent to which a person’s behavior coincides with medical or health advice”, which is very important, for both clinical researchers and physicians, to identify the treatment effect of a specific medication(s).

A variety of measures have been developed to calculate the medication adherence. Definitions and methods to address adherence differ greatly in public literature. Choosing which definition should be determined by overall study goals. This package provides the functions to calculate medication adherence based on commonly used definitions.

There are three methods to install r-cran-medadherence 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-medadherence 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-medadherence using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install r-cran-medadherence

Install r-cran-medadherence Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install r-cran-medadherence using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install r-cran-medadherence

Install r-cran-medadherence 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-medadherence using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-medadherence

How To Uninstall r-cran-medadherence on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the r-cran-medadherence package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove r-cran-medadherence

Uninstall r-cran-medadherence And Its Dependencies

To uninstall r-cran-medadherence 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-medadherence

Remove r-cran-medadherence Configurations and Data

To remove r-cran-medadherence configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge r-cran-medadherence

Remove r-cran-medadherence configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove r-cran-medadherence configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge r-cran-medadherence

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-medadherence package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.