How To Install r-cran-forecast on Ubuntu

Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )

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Introduction

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

What is `r-cran-forecast`

r-cran-forecast is:

Methods and tools for displaying and analysing univariate time series forecasts including exponential smoothing via state space models and automatic ARIMA modelling.

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

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

Install r-cran-forecast Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install r-cran-forecast

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

sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-forecast

How To Uninstall r-cran-forecast on Ubuntu

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

sudo apt-get remove r-cran-forecast

Uninstall r-cran-forecast And Its Dependencies

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

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

Remove r-cran-forecast Configurations and Data

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

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

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

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

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

Dependencies

r-cran-forecast have the following dependencies:

References

r-cran-forecast website

Summary

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