How To Install libfftw3-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libfftw3-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04. libfftw3-dbg is Library for computing Fast Fourier Transforms - debug symbols

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libfftw3-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libfftw3-dbg

libfftw3-dbg is:

The FFTW library computes Fast Fourier Transforms (FFT) in one or more dimensions. It is extremely fast. This package contains the statically linked library, header files and test programs.

This package contains debug packages for both serial and MPI versions.

For documentation, see libfftw3-doc.

There are three methods to install libfftw3-dbg 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 libfftw3-dbg Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libfftw3-dbg using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libfftw3-dbg

Install libfftw3-dbg Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libfftw3-dbg using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libfftw3-dbg

Install libfftw3-dbg 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 libfftw3-dbg using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libfftw3-dbg

How To Uninstall libfftw3-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libfftw3-dbg package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libfftw3-dbg

Uninstall libfftw3-dbg And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libfftw3-dbg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libfftw3-dbg

Remove libfftw3-dbg Configurations and Data

To remove libfftw3-dbg configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libfftw3-dbg

Remove libfftw3-dbg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libfftw3-dbg configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libfftw3-dbg

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libfftw3-dbg package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.