How To Install r-cran-rstanarm on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-rstanarm
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is r-cran-rstanarm
r-cran-rstanarm is:
Estimates previously compiled regression models using the ‘rstan’ package, which provides the R interface to the Stan C++ library for Bayesian estimation. Users specify models via the customary R syntax with a formula and data.frame plus some additional arguments for priors.
There are three methods to install r-cran-rstanarm
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-rstanarm 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-rstanarm
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install r-cran-rstanarm
Install r-cran-rstanarm Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install r-cran-rstanarm
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install r-cran-rstanarm
Install r-cran-rstanarm 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-rstanarm
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-rstanarm
How To Uninstall r-cran-rstanarm on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the r-cran-rstanarm
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove r-cran-rstanarm
Uninstall r-cran-rstanarm And Its Dependencies
To uninstall r-cran-rstanarm
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-rstanarm
Remove r-cran-rstanarm Configurations and Data
To remove r-cran-rstanarm
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge r-cran-rstanarm
Remove r-cran-rstanarm configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove r-cran-rstanarm
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge r-cran-rstanarm
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-rstanarm
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.