How To Install r-cran-powerlaw on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-powerlaw on Kali Linux. r-cran-powerlaw is GNU R analysis of heavy tailed distributions

Introduction

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

What is r-cran-powerlaw

r-cran-powerlaw is:

GNU R implementation of maximum likelihood estimators for a variety of heavy tailed distributions, including both the discrete and continuous power law distributions. Additionally, a goodness-of-fit based approach is used to estimate the lower cut-off for the scaling region.

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

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

Install r-cran-powerlaw Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install r-cran-powerlaw

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

sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-powerlaw

How To Uninstall r-cran-powerlaw on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove r-cran-powerlaw

Uninstall r-cran-powerlaw And Its Dependencies

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

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

Remove r-cran-powerlaw Configurations and Data

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

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

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

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

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

Dependencies

r-cran-powerlaw have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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