How To Install lhapdf-pdfsets-minimal on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lhapdf-pdfsets-minimal on Debian 9.
What is lhapdf-pdfsets-minimal
lhapdf-pdfsets-minimal is:
LHAPDF provides a unified and easy to use interface to modern PDF sets. It is designed to work not only with individual PDF sets but also with the more recent multiple “error” sets. It can be viewed as the successor to PDFLIB, incorporating many of the older sets found in the latter, including pion and photon PDFs. In LHAPDF the computer code and input parameters/grids are separated thus allowing more easy updating and no limit to the expansion possibilities.
This package provides a minimal PDF sets required by the test suites of LHAPDF and ThePEG.
Note: the python-lhapdf package provides lhapdf-getdata script to download other PDF sets.
There are three methods to install lhapdf-pdfsets-minimal on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install lhapdf-pdfsets-minimal Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install lhapdf-pdfsets-minimal using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install lhapdf-pdfsets-minimal
Install lhapdf-pdfsets-minimal Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install lhapdf-pdfsets-minimal using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install lhapdf-pdfsets-minimal
Install lhapdf-pdfsets-minimal 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install lhapdf-pdfsets-minimal using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install lhapdf-pdfsets-minimal
How To Uninstall lhapdf-pdfsets-minimal on Debian 9
To uninstall only the lhapdf-pdfsets-minimal package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove lhapdf-pdfsets-minimal
Uninstall lhapdf-pdfsets-minimal And Its Dependencies
To uninstall lhapdf-pdfsets-minimal and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove lhapdf-pdfsets-minimal
Remove lhapdf-pdfsets-minimal Configurations and Data
To remove lhapdf-pdfsets-minimal configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge lhapdf-pdfsets-minimal
Remove lhapdf-pdfsets-minimal configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove lhapdf-pdfsets-minimal configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lhapdf-pdfsets-minimal
Dependencies
lhapdf-pdfsets-minimal have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lhapdf-pdfsets-minimal package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.