How To Install r-cran-rstantools on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-rstantools
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is r-cran-rstantools
r-cran-rstantools is:
Provides various tools for developers of R packages interfacing with ‘Stan’ http://mc-stan.org, including functions to set up the required package structure, S3 generics and default methods to unify function naming across ‘Stan’-based R packages, and vignettes with recommendations for developers.
There are three methods to install r-cran-rstantools
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-rstantools 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-rstantools
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install r-cran-rstantools
Install r-cran-rstantools Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install r-cran-rstantools
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install r-cran-rstantools
Install r-cran-rstantools 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-rstantools
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-rstantools
How To Uninstall r-cran-rstantools on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the r-cran-rstantools
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove r-cran-rstantools
Uninstall r-cran-rstantools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall r-cran-rstantools
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-rstantools
Remove r-cran-rstantools Configurations and Data
To remove r-cran-rstantools
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge r-cran-rstantools
Remove r-cran-rstantools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove r-cran-rstantools
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge r-cran-rstantools
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-rstantools
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.