How To Install r-cran-timedate on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-timedate on Ubuntu 18.04. r-cran-timedate is GNU R package for financial engineering – timeDate

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-timedate on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is r-cran-timedate

r-cran-timedate is:

This package provides functions for chronological and calendarical objects and is part of Rmetrics, a collection of packages for financial engineering and computational finance written and compiled by Diethelm Wuertz and others.

timeDate provides functions for chronological and calendarical objects.

There are three methods to install r-cran-timedate 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-timedate 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-timedate using apt-get by running the following command:

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

Install r-cran-timedate Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install r-cran-timedate

Install r-cran-timedate 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-timedate using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-timedate

How To Uninstall r-cran-timedate on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove r-cran-timedate

Uninstall r-cran-timedate And Its Dependencies

To uninstall r-cran-timedate 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-timedate

Remove r-cran-timedate Configurations and Data

To remove r-cran-timedate configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

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

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

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

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

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-timedate package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.