How to Install ess software package in Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak)

How to Install ess software package in Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak)

ess software package provides Emacs mode for statistical programming and data analysis, you can install in your Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install ess 

ess is installed in your system.

Make ensure the ess package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep ess *

You will get with ess package name, version, architecture and description in a table

ess package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 16 10 yakkety yak
Section Mathematics
Package ess
Version 16.04-2
Description Emacs mode for statistical programming and data analysis
Sub Section math


See Also, How to uninstall or remove ess software package from Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak)?