How To Install r-cran-nfactors on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-nfactors on Ubuntu 20.04. r-cran-nfactors is GNU R analysis and solutions to the Cattell Scree test

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-nfactors on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is r-cran-nfactors

r-cran-nfactors is:

This GNU R package provides parallel analysis and non graphical solutions to the Cattell Scree Test.

Indices, heuristics and strategies to help determine the number of factors/components to retain:

  1. Acceleration factor (af with or without Parallel Analysis);
  2. Optimal Coordinates (noc with or without Parallel Analysis);
  3. Parallel analysis (components, factors and bootstrap);
  4. lambda > mean(lambda) (Kaiser, CFA and related);
  5. Cattell-Nelson-Gorsuch (CNG);
  6. Zoski and Jurs multiple regression (b, t and p);
  7. Zoski and Jurs standard error of the regression coeffcient (sescree);
  8. Nelson R2;
  9. Bartlett khi-2;
  10. Anderson khi-2;
  11. Lawley khi-2 and
  12. Bentler-Yuan khi-2.

There are three methods to install r-cran-nfactors on Ubuntu 20.04. 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-nfactors 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-nfactors using apt-get by running the following command:

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

Install r-cran-nfactors Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install r-cran-nfactors

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

sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-nfactors

How To Uninstall r-cran-nfactors on Ubuntu 20.04

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

sudo apt-get remove r-cran-nfactors

Uninstall r-cran-nfactors And Its Dependencies

To uninstall r-cran-nfactors and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

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

Remove r-cran-nfactors Configurations and Data

To remove r-cran-nfactors configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

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

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

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

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

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-nfactors package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.