How To Install ifeffit on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ifeffit on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is ifeffit
ifeffit is:
IFEFFIT is an interactive program for XAFS analysis. It combines the high-quality analysis algorithms of AUTOBK and FEFFIT with graphical display of XAFS data and general data manipulation.
IFEFFIT comes as a command-line program, but the underlying functionality is available as a programming library. The IFEFFIT library can be used from C, Fortran, Tcl, and Perl.
There are three methods to install ifeffit on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install ifeffit Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ifeffit using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ifeffit
Install ifeffit Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ifeffit using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ifeffit
Install ifeffit 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 ifeffit using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ifeffit
How To Uninstall ifeffit on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the ifeffit package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ifeffit
Uninstall ifeffit And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ifeffit and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ifeffit
Remove ifeffit Configurations and Data
To remove ifeffit configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ifeffit
Remove ifeffit configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ifeffit configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ifeffit
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ifeffit package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
