How To Install libginac6 on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libginac6 on Ubuntu 20.04. libginac6 is GiNaC symbolic framework runtime library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libginac6 on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is libginac6

libginac6 is:

GiNaC (which stands for “GiNaC is Not a CAS (Computer Algebra System)”) is a library for doing symbolic (i.e. non-numeric) computation directly in the C++ programming language.

This package provides the runtime library.

There are three methods to install libginac6 on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libginac6 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libginac6 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libginac6

Install libginac6 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libginac6 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libginac6

Install libginac6 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 libginac6 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libginac6

How To Uninstall libginac6 on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the libginac6 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libginac6

Uninstall libginac6 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libginac6 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libginac6

Remove libginac6 Configurations and Data

To remove libginac6 configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libginac6

Remove libginac6 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libginac6 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libginac6

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libginac6 package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.