How To Install cantor-backend-qalculate on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install cantor-backend-qalculate
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is cantor-backend-qalculate
cantor-backend-qalculate is:
Cantor is an application to allow you to you use your favorite mathematical applications from within an elegant worksheet interface. It provides dialogs to assist with common tasks and allows you to share your worksheets with others.
This package provides the backend for using the Qalculate! calculator (http://qalculate.sourceforge.net/) in Cantor.
This package is part of the KDE education module.
There are three methods to install cantor-backend-qalculate
on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install cantor-backend-qalculate Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install cantor-backend-qalculate
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install cantor-backend-qalculate
Install cantor-backend-qalculate Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install cantor-backend-qalculate
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install cantor-backend-qalculate
Install cantor-backend-qalculate 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 cantor-backend-qalculate
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install cantor-backend-qalculate
How To Uninstall cantor-backend-qalculate on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the cantor-backend-qalculate
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove cantor-backend-qalculate
Uninstall cantor-backend-qalculate And Its Dependencies
To uninstall cantor-backend-qalculate
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove cantor-backend-qalculate
Remove cantor-backend-qalculate Configurations and Data
To remove cantor-backend-qalculate
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge cantor-backend-qalculate
Remove cantor-backend-qalculate configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove cantor-backend-qalculate
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cantor-backend-qalculate
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cantor-backend-qalculate
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.