How To Install r-cran-rglpk on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-rglpk on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is r-cran-rglpk
r-cran-rglpk is:
GLPK is open source software for solving large-scale linear programming (LP), mixed integer linear programming (MILP) and other related problems.
There are three methods to install r-cran-rglpk 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-rglpk 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-rglpk using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install r-cran-rglpk
Install r-cran-rglpk Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install r-cran-rglpk using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install r-cran-rglpk
Install r-cran-rglpk 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-rglpk using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-rglpk
How To Uninstall r-cran-rglpk on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the r-cran-rglpk package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove r-cran-rglpk
Uninstall r-cran-rglpk And Its Dependencies
To uninstall r-cran-rglpk 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-rglpk
Remove r-cran-rglpk Configurations and Data
To remove r-cran-rglpk configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge r-cran-rglpk
Remove r-cran-rglpk configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove r-cran-rglpk configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge r-cran-rglpk
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-rglpk package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.