How To Install r-cran-mfilter on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-mfilter on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is r-cran-mfilter
r-cran-mfilter is:
The package implements several time series filters useful for smoothing and extracting trend and cyclical components of a time series. The routines are commonly used in economics and finance, however they should also be interest to other areas. Currently, Christiano-Fitzgerald, Baxter-King, Hodrick-Prescott, Butterworth, and trigonometric regression filters are included in the package.
There are three methods to install r-cran-mfilter 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-mfilter 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-mfilter using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install r-cran-mfilter
Install r-cran-mfilter Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install r-cran-mfilter using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install r-cran-mfilter
Install r-cran-mfilter 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-mfilter using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-mfilter
How To Uninstall r-cran-mfilter on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the r-cran-mfilter package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove r-cran-mfilter
Uninstall r-cran-mfilter And Its Dependencies
To uninstall r-cran-mfilter 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-mfilter
Remove r-cran-mfilter Configurations and Data
To remove r-cran-mfilter configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge r-cran-mfilter
Remove r-cran-mfilter configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove r-cran-mfilter configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge r-cran-mfilter
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-mfilter package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
