How To Install r-cran-mlbench on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-mlbench on Ubuntu 18.04.
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 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-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 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-mlbench using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-mlbench
How To Uninstall r-cran-mlbench on Ubuntu 18.04
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 Ubuntu 18.04, 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 Ubuntu 18.04 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
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-mlbench package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
