How To Install r-cran-fbasics on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-fbasics on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is r-cran-fbasics
r-cran-fbasics is:
This package of functions for financial engineering and computational finance is part of Rmetrics, a collection of packages written and compiled by Diethelm Wuertz.
fBasics provides basic statistical tests, distributions and other tools used by many of the Rmetrics packages.
There are three methods to install r-cran-fbasics on Ubuntu 20.04. 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-fbasics 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-fbasics using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install r-cran-fbasics
Install r-cran-fbasics Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install r-cran-fbasics using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install r-cran-fbasics
Install r-cran-fbasics 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-fbasics using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-fbasics
How To Uninstall r-cran-fbasics on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the r-cran-fbasics package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove r-cran-fbasics
Uninstall r-cran-fbasics And Its Dependencies
To uninstall r-cran-fbasics and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove r-cran-fbasics
Remove r-cran-fbasics Configurations and Data
To remove r-cran-fbasics configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge r-cran-fbasics
Remove r-cran-fbasics configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove r-cran-fbasics configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge r-cran-fbasics
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-fbasics package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
