How To Install r-cran-kernsmooth on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-kernsmooth on Ubuntu 20.04. r-cran-kernsmooth is GNU R package for kernel smoothing and density estimation

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-kernsmooth on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is r-cran-kernsmooth

r-cran-kernsmooth is:

This package provides functions for kernel smoothing and density estimation corresponding to M.P. Wand and M.C. Jones, “Kernel Smoothing”, 1995.

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

URL: http://www.maths.unsw.edu.au/~wand

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

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

Install r-cran-kernsmooth Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install r-cran-kernsmooth

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

sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-kernsmooth

How To Uninstall r-cran-kernsmooth on Ubuntu 20.04

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

sudo apt-get remove r-cran-kernsmooth

Uninstall r-cran-kernsmooth And Its Dependencies

To uninstall r-cran-kernsmooth 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-kernsmooth

Remove r-cran-kernsmooth Configurations and Data

To remove r-cran-kernsmooth configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

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

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

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

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

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-kernsmooth package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.