How To Install r-cran-rcppeigen on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-rcppeigen on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is r-cran-rcppeigen
r-cran-rcppeigen is:
Eigen is a C++ template library for linear algebra: matrices, vectors, numerical solvers and related algorithms. It supports dense and sparse matrices on integer, floating point and complex numbers, decompositions of such matrices, and solutions of linear systems. Its performance on many algorithms is comparable with some of the best implementations based on Lapack and level-3 BLAS.
The RcppEigen package includes the header files from the Eigen C++ template library. Thus users do not need to install Eigen itself in order to use RcppEigen.
There are three methods to install r-cran-rcppeigen on Ubuntu 18.04. 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-rcppeigen 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-rcppeigen using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install r-cran-rcppeigen
Install r-cran-rcppeigen Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install r-cran-rcppeigen using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install r-cran-rcppeigen
Install r-cran-rcppeigen 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-rcppeigen using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-rcppeigen
How To Uninstall r-cran-rcppeigen on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the r-cran-rcppeigen package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove r-cran-rcppeigen
Uninstall r-cran-rcppeigen And Its Dependencies
To uninstall r-cran-rcppeigen and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove r-cran-rcppeigen
Remove r-cran-rcppeigen Configurations and Data
To remove r-cran-rcppeigen configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge r-cran-rcppeigen
Remove r-cran-rcppeigen configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove r-cran-rcppeigen configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge r-cran-rcppeigen
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-rcppeigen package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
