How to Install and Uninstall r-cran-nloptr Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: March 14,2025

1. Install "r-cran-nloptr" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install r-cran-nloptr on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                r-cran-nloptr
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "r-cran-nloptr" package

Please follow the steps below to uninstall r-cran-nloptr on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the r-cran-nloptr package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: r-cran-nloptr
Priority: optional
Section: universe/gnu-r
Installed-Size: 498
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Dirk Eddelbuettel
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.0.4-1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.2.5), libnlopt0 (>= 2.2.4), r-base-core (>= 3.1.1-1)
Filename: pool/universe/r/r-cran-nloptr/r-cran-nloptr_1.0.4-1_amd64.deb
Size: 381032
MD5sum: 715d77d94d91434843e63fbc6ac9ed62
SHA1: 94ba80f9f7864ea1ddd3ff6a0f325fe409d9c3aa
SHA256: 62c5f53f6bbc6ddc113379178faa81a01ccef5596a7f6ff799cf3d9929939620
Description-en: GNU R package for interface to NLopt
The nloptr package provides an R interface to NLopt. NLopt is a
free/open-source library for nonlinear optimization, providing a
common interface for a number of different free optimization routines
available online as well as original implementations of various other
algorithms. See
http://ab-initio.mit.edu/wiki/index.php/NLopt_Introduction for more
information on the available algorithms.
Description-md5: 3917da00287026520395b9b8a9f91649
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu