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Details below reflect version 2.3.3, its last release before removal.

gb

2.3.3

Generalize Lambda Distribution and Generalized Bootstrapping

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Overview

About

Maintained by Bin Wang4 releasesCRAN page ↗

A collection of algorithms and functions for fitting data to a generalized lambda distribution via moment matching methods, and generalized bootstrapping.

Install

R (source archive)Ubuntu (r2u)openSUSE (OBS)

url <- "https://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib/Archive/gb/gb_2.3.3.tar.gz"
pkgFile <- "gb_2.3.3.tar.gz"
download.file(url, pkgFile)
install.packages(pkgFile, type = "source", repos = NULL)

This package is no longer on CRAN, so install.packages() cannot fetch it by name. This downloads the last archived source (2.3.3) and builds it locally. Install its dependencies first, and note that building from source needs the usual compiler toolchain.

Release

# enable cranapt (r2u) if it is not already set up, then install
grep -rqs r2u.stat.illinois.edu /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ \
  || curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/eddelbuettel/r2u/master/inst/scripts/add_cranapt_noble.sh | sudo bash
sudo apt install -y r-cran-gb

Fast Ubuntu binaries via r2u (no compilation). The cranapt setup runs once and is skipped when it is already enabled.

bspm (used by r2u) also needs make: sudo apt install make

# add the autoCRAN OBS repo (Tumbleweed) if it is missing, then install
zypper -q lr | grep -qi autoCRAN \
  || sudo zypper addrepo https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:/languages:/R:/autoCRAN/openSUSE_Tumbleweed/devel:languages:R:autoCRAN.repo
sudo zypper install -y R-gb

RPMs auto-built from CRAN on openSUSE OBS (Tumbleweed).

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R >= 2.5.0bootKernSmooth

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fitteR

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Package Timeline

4 releases. R releases are shown for context.

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R 4.6.0 released · 2026-04-24
archivedRemoved from CRAN
2026-01-18
email to the maintainer is undeliverable
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R 4.5.0 released · 2025-04-11
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R 4.4.0 released · 2024-04-24
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R 4.3.0 released · 2023-04-21
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R 4.2.0 released · 2022-04-22
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R 4.1.0 released · 2021-05-18
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R 4.0.0 released · 2020-04-24
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R 3.6.0 released · 2019-04-26
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R 3.5.0 released · 2018-04-23
2.3.3
2018-04-01 · diff ↗
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R 3.4.0 released · 2017-04-21
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R 3.3.0 released · 2016-05-03
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R 3.2.0 released · 2015-04-16
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R 3.1.0 released · 2014-04-10
1.1.8-8
2013-08-08 · diff ↗

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R 3.0.0 released · 2013-04-03
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R 2.15.0 released · 2012-03-30
1.0.11-24
2011-11-11 · diff ↗
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2011-11-11
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R 2.14.0 released · 2011-10-31

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License: Unlimited OSI
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