How To Install libceres2 on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libceres2 on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is libceres2
libceres2 is:
Ceres Solver is an open source C++ library for modeling and solving large, complicated optimization problems. It is a feature rich, mature and performant library which has been used in production at Google since 2010.
Ceres Solver can solve two kinds of problems.
- Non-linear Least Squares problems with bounds constraints.
- General unconstrained optimization problems.
This package contains the shared library.
There are three methods to install libceres2 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 libceres2 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libceres2 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libceres2
Install libceres2 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libceres2 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libceres2
Install libceres2 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 libceres2 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libceres2
How To Uninstall libceres2 on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the libceres2 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libceres2
Uninstall libceres2 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libceres2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libceres2
Remove libceres2 Configurations and Data
To remove libceres2 configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libceres2
Remove libceres2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libceres2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libceres2
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libceres2 package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
