How To Install r-cran-minerva on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-minerva on Kali Linux. r-cran-minerva is Maximal Information-Based Nonparametric Exploration

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-minerva on Kali Linux.

What is r-cran-minerva

r-cran-minerva is:

Wrapper for ‘minepy’ implementation of Maximal Information-based Nonparametric Exploration statistics (MIC and MINE family). Detailed information of the ANSI C implementation of ‘minepy’ can be found at http://minepy.readthedocs.io/en/latest.

There are three methods to install r-cran-minerva on Kali Linux. 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-minerva 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-minerva using apt-get by running the following command:

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

Install r-cran-minerva Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install r-cran-minerva

Install r-cran-minerva Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-minerva

How To Uninstall r-cran-minerva on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove r-cran-minerva

Uninstall r-cran-minerva And Its Dependencies

To uninstall r-cran-minerva and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove r-cran-minerva

Remove r-cran-minerva Configurations and Data

To remove r-cran-minerva configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

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

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

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

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

Dependencies

r-cran-minerva have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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