How To Install r-cran-survival on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-survival on Kali Linux. r-cran-survival is GNU R package for survival analysis

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-survival on Kali Linux.

What is r-cran-survival

r-cran-survival is:

This package provides functions and datasets for survival analysis: descriptive statistics, two-sample tests, parametric accelerated failure models, Cox model. Delayed entry (truncation) is allowed for all models; interval censoring for parametric models.

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

There are three methods to install r-cran-survival on Kali Linux. 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-survival 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-survival using apt-get by running the following command:

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

Install r-cran-survival Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install r-cran-survival

Install r-cran-survival Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-survival

How To Uninstall r-cran-survival on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove r-cran-survival

Uninstall r-cran-survival And Its Dependencies

To uninstall r-cran-survival and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove r-cran-survival

Remove r-cran-survival Configurations and Data

To remove r-cran-survival configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

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

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

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

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

Dependencies

r-cran-survival have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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