How To Install readstat 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 readstat on Ubuntu.
What is readstat
readstat is:
ReadStat is a command-line tool and MIT-licensed C library for reading files from popular stats packages. Supported data formats include:
- SAS: SAS7BDAT (binary file) and XPORT (transport file)
- Stata: DTA (binary file) versions 104-119
- SPSS: POR (portable file), SAV (binary file), and ZSAV (compressed binary)
Supported metadata formats include:
- SAS: SAS7BCAT (catalog file) and .sas (command file)
- Stata: .dct (dictionary file)
- SPSS: .sps (command file)
There is also write support for all the data formats, but not the metadata formats.
This package contains the command line tools: readstat, and extract_metadata.
There are three methods to install readstat 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 readstat Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install readstat using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install readstat
Install readstat Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install readstat using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install readstat
Install readstat 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 readstat using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install readstat
How To Uninstall readstat on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the readstat package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove readstat
Uninstall readstat And Its Dependencies
To uninstall readstat and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove readstat
Remove readstat Configurations and Data
To remove readstat configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge readstat
Remove readstat configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove readstat configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge readstat
Dependencies
readstat have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install readstat package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.