How To Install r-cran-truncdist on Debian 10

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-truncdist on Debian 10.

What is r-cran-truncdist

r-cran-truncdist is:

A collection of tools to evaluate probability density functions, cumulative distribution functions, quantile functions and random numbers for truncated random variables. These functions are provided to also compute the expected value and variance. Nadarajah and Kotz (2006) developed most of the functions. QQ plots can be produced. All the probability functions in the stats, stats4 and evd packages are automatically available for truncation.

There are three methods to install r-cran-truncdist on Debian 10. 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-truncdist 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-truncdist using apt-get by running the following command:

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

Install r-cran-truncdist Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install r-cran-truncdist

Install r-cran-truncdist 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-truncdist

How To Uninstall r-cran-truncdist on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove r-cran-truncdist

Uninstall r-cran-truncdist And Its Dependencies

To uninstall r-cran-truncdist and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

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

Remove r-cran-truncdist Configurations and Data

To remove r-cran-truncdist configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

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

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

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

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

Dependencies

r-cran-truncdist have the following dependencies:

• r-base-core
• r-api-3.5
• r-cran-evd

References

• r-cran-truncdist website
• r-cran-truncdist on packages.debian.org

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-truncdist package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.