How To Install r-cran-timeseries on Ubuntu 18.04

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

Introduction

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

What is r-cran-timeseries

r-cran-timeseries is:

This package provides functions for financial time series 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 financial time series objects.

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

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

Install r-cran-timeseries Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install r-cran-timeseries

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

sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-timeseries

How To Uninstall r-cran-timeseries on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove r-cran-timeseries

Uninstall r-cran-timeseries And Its Dependencies

To uninstall r-cran-timeseries 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-timeseries

Remove r-cran-timeseries Configurations and Data

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

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

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

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

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

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Summary

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