How To Install r-cran-projpred on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-projpred on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is r-cran-projpred
r-cran-projpred is:
Performs projection predictive feature selection for generalized linear models (see, Piironen, Paasiniemi and Vehtari, 2018, arXiv:1810.02406). The package is compatible with the ‘rstanarm’ and ‘brms’ packages, but other reference models can also be used. See the package vignette for more information and examples.
There are three methods to install r-cran-projpred 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-projpred 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-projpred using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install r-cran-projpred
Install r-cran-projpred Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install r-cran-projpred using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install r-cran-projpred
Install r-cran-projpred 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-projpred using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-projpred
How To Uninstall r-cran-projpred on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the r-cran-projpred package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove r-cran-projpred
Uninstall r-cran-projpred And Its Dependencies
To uninstall r-cran-projpred 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-projpred
Remove r-cran-projpred Configurations and Data
To remove r-cran-projpred configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge r-cran-projpred
Remove r-cran-projpred configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove r-cran-projpred configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge r-cran-projpred
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-projpred package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.