How To Install r-cran-stabledist on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-stabledist on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is r-cran-stabledist
r-cran-stabledist is:
This package provides density, probability and quantile functions, and random number generation for (skew) stable distributions, using the parametrizations of Nolan.
There are three methods to install r-cran-stabledist 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-stabledist 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-stabledist using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install r-cran-stabledist
Install r-cran-stabledist Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install r-cran-stabledist using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install r-cran-stabledist
Install r-cran-stabledist 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-stabledist using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-stabledist
How To Uninstall r-cran-stabledist on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the r-cran-stabledist package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove r-cran-stabledist
Uninstall r-cran-stabledist And Its Dependencies
To uninstall r-cran-stabledist 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-stabledist
Remove r-cran-stabledist Configurations and Data
To remove r-cran-stabledist configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge r-cran-stabledist
Remove r-cran-stabledist configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove r-cran-stabledist configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge r-cran-stabledist
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-stabledist package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
