How To Install r-cran-matrixstats on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-matrixstats on Ubuntu 20.04. r-cran-matrixstats is GNU R methods that apply to rows and columns of a matrix

Introduction

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

What is r-cran-matrixstats

r-cran-matrixstats is:

This package provides methods operating on rows and columns of matrices, e.g. col/rowMedians() and col/rowRanks(). There are also some vector-based methods, e.g. anyMissing(), weightedMedians(), and binMeans(). The objective is to have all methods being optimized for speed and memory usage.

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

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

Install r-cran-matrixstats Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install r-cran-matrixstats

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

sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-matrixstats

How To Uninstall r-cran-matrixstats on Ubuntu 20.04

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

sudo apt-get remove r-cran-matrixstats

Uninstall r-cran-matrixstats And Its Dependencies

To uninstall r-cran-matrixstats 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-matrixstats

Remove r-cran-matrixstats Configurations and Data

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

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

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

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

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

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Summary

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