How To Install r-cran-powerlaw on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-powerlaw
on Ubuntu 20.04.
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 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-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 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-powerlaw
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-powerlaw
How To Uninstall r-cran-powerlaw on Ubuntu 20.04
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 Ubuntu 20.04, 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 Ubuntu 20.04 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
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-powerlaw
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.