How To Install r-cran-mlbench on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-mlbench on Kali Linux. r-cran-mlbench is GNU R Machine Learning Benchmark Problems

Introduction

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

What is r-cran-mlbench

r-cran-mlbench is:

This GNU R package provices a collection of artificial and real-world machine learning benchmark problems, including, e.g., several data sets from the UCI repository.

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

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

Install r-cran-mlbench Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install r-cran-mlbench

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

sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-mlbench

How To Uninstall r-cran-mlbench on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove r-cran-mlbench

Uninstall r-cran-mlbench And Its Dependencies

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

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

Remove r-cran-mlbench Configurations and Data

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

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

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

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

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

Dependencies

r-cran-mlbench have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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