How To Install r-cran-rpart on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-rpart on Ubuntu 18.04. r-cran-rpart is GNU R package for recursive partitioning and regression trees

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-rpart on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is r-cran-rpart

r-cran-rpart is:

This package provides functions to recursive partitioning and regression trees.

This package is part of the set of packages that are ‘recommended’ by R Core and shipped with upstream source releases of R itself.

URL (of the S-Plus original): http://www.mayo.edu/hsr/Sfunc.html

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

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

Install r-cran-rpart Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install r-cran-rpart

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

sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-rpart

How To Uninstall r-cran-rpart on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove r-cran-rpart

Uninstall r-cran-rpart And Its Dependencies

To uninstall r-cran-rpart 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-rpart

Remove r-cran-rpart Configurations and Data

To remove r-cran-rpart configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

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

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

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

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

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-rpart package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.