How To Install libgsl27 on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgsl27 on Ubuntu 22.04. libgsl27 is GNU Scientific Library (GSL) – library package

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgsl27 on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is libgsl27

libgsl27 is:

The GNU Scientific Library (GSL) is a collection of routines for numerical analysis. The routines are written from scratch by the GSL team in C, and present a modern API for C programmers, while allowing wrappers to be written for very high level languages.

GSL includes data types and routines for complex numbers, vectors, matrices, basic linear algebra subroutines (BLAS), eigensystems, simulated annealing, minimization, root finding, pseudo-random numbers, least-squares fitting, fast Fourier transforms (FFT), differential equations, quadrature, Monte Carlo integration, special functions, physical constants, and much more.

This package provides the shared libraries required to run programs compiled with GNU GSL. To compile your own programs you also need to install libgsl-dev.

URL: http://www.gnu.org/software/gsl/

There are three methods to install libgsl27 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 libgsl27 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libgsl27 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libgsl27

Install libgsl27 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libgsl27 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libgsl27

Install libgsl27 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 libgsl27 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libgsl27

How To Uninstall libgsl27 on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the libgsl27 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libgsl27

Uninstall libgsl27 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libgsl27 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgsl27

Remove libgsl27 Configurations and Data

To remove libgsl27 configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libgsl27

Remove libgsl27 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libgsl27 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgsl27

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgsl27 package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.