How To Install r-cran-rcppdist 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-rcppdist on Ubuntu.
What is r-cran-rcppdist
r-cran-rcppdist is:
The ‘Rcpp’ package provides a C++ library to make it easier to use C++ with R. R and ‘Rcpp’ provide functions for a variety of statistical distributions.
Several R packages make functions available to R for additional statistical distributions. However, to access these functions from C++ code, a costly call to the R functions must be made. ‘RcppDist’ provides a header-only C++ library with functions for additional statistical distributions that can be called from C++ when writing code using ‘Rcpp’ or ‘RcppArmadillo’. Functions are available that return a ‘NumericVector’ as well as doubles, and for multivariate or matrix distributions, ‘Armadillo’ vectors and matrices.
‘RcppDist’ provides functions for the following distributions:
- the four parameter beta distribution;
- the location-scale t distribution;
- the truncated normal distribution;
- the truncated t distribution;
- a truncated location-scale t distribution;
- the triangle distribution;
- the multivariate normal distribution*;
- the multivariate t distribution*;
- the Wishart distribution*; and
- the inverse Wishart distribution*. Distributions marked with an asterisk rely on ‘RcppArmadillo’.
There are three methods to install r-cran-rcppdist 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-rcppdist 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-rcppdist using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install r-cran-rcppdist
Install r-cran-rcppdist Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install r-cran-rcppdist using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install r-cran-rcppdist
Install r-cran-rcppdist 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-rcppdist using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-rcppdist
How To Uninstall r-cran-rcppdist on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the r-cran-rcppdist package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove r-cran-rcppdist
Uninstall r-cran-rcppdist And Its Dependencies
To uninstall r-cran-rcppdist and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove r-cran-rcppdist
Remove r-cran-rcppdist Configurations and Data
To remove r-cran-rcppdist configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge r-cran-rcppdist
Remove r-cran-rcppdist configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove r-cran-rcppdist configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge r-cran-rcppdist
Dependencies
r-cran-rcppdist have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-rcppdist package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.