How To Install jags on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install jags
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is jags
jags is:
JAGS is Just Another Gibbs Sampler. It is a program for analysis of Bayesian hierarchical models using Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) simulation not wholly unlike BUGS.
JAGS was written with three aims in mind:
- To have an engine for the BUGS language that runs on Unix
- To be extensible, allowing users to write their own functions, distributions and samplers.
- To be a plaftorm for experimentation with ideas in Bayesian modelling
This package contains the ‘jags’ binary as well as the associated shared library modules loaded by the binary.
There are three methods to install jags
on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install jags Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install jags
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install jags
Install jags Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install jags
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install jags
Install jags 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 jags
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install jags
How To Uninstall jags on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the jags
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove jags
Uninstall jags And Its Dependencies
To uninstall jags
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove jags
Remove jags Configurations and Data
To remove jags
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge jags
Remove jags configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove jags
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge jags
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install jags
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.