How To Install r-cran-posterior on Debian 12

Learn how to install r-cran-posterior on Debian 12 with this tutorial. r-cran-posterior is GNU R tools for working with posterior distributions

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-posterior on Debian 12.

What is `r-cran-posterior`

r-cran-posterior is:

Provides useful tools for both users and developers of packages for fitting Bayesian models or working with output from Bayesian models. The primary goals of the package are to: (a) Efficiently convert between many different useful formats of draws (samples) from posterior or prior distributions. (b) Provide consistent methods for operations commonly performed on draws, for example, subsetting, binding, or mutating draws. (c) Provide various summaries of draws in convenient formats. (d) Provide lightweight implementations of state of the art posterior inference diagnostics. References: Vehtari et al. (2021) doi:10.1214/20-BA1221.

There are three methods to install r-cran-posterior on Debian 12. 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-posterior 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-posterior using apt-get by running the following command:

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

Install r-cran-posterior Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install r-cran-posterior

Install r-cran-posterior 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-posterior

How To Uninstall r-cran-posterior on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove r-cran-posterior

Uninstall r-cran-posterior And Its Dependencies

To uninstall r-cran-posterior and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

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

Remove r-cran-posterior Configurations and Data

To remove r-cran-posterior configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

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

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

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

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

Dependencies

r-cran-posterior have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-posterior package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.