How To Install r-cran-rsprng on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-rsprng on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is r-cran-rsprng
r-cran-rsprng is:
This package provides an interface to the SPRNG (Scalable Parallel Random Number Generator) library API, along with examples and documentation.
There are three methods to install r-cran-rsprng 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-rsprng 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-rsprng using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install r-cran-rsprng
Install r-cran-rsprng Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install r-cran-rsprng using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install r-cran-rsprng
Install r-cran-rsprng 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-rsprng using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-rsprng
How To Uninstall r-cran-rsprng on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the r-cran-rsprng package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove r-cran-rsprng
Uninstall r-cran-rsprng And Its Dependencies
To uninstall r-cran-rsprng 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-rsprng
Remove r-cran-rsprng Configurations and Data
To remove r-cran-rsprng configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge r-cran-rsprng
Remove r-cran-rsprng configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove r-cran-rsprng configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge r-cran-rsprng
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-rsprng package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
