How To Install libhepmcinterface8-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libhepmcinterface8-dev on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libhepmcinterface8-dev
libhepmcinterface8-dev is:
PYTHIA is a program for the generation of high-energy physics events, i.e. for the description of collisions at high energies between elementary particles such as e+, e-, p and pbar in various combinations. It contains theory and models for a number of physics aspects, including hard and soft interactions, parton distributions, initial- and final-state parton showers, multiple interactions, fragmentation and decay.
This is a transitional dummy package, HepMC interface has been moved into the package ’libpythia8-dev'.
There are three methods to install libhepmcinterface8-dev 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 libhepmcinterface8-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libhepmcinterface8-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libhepmcinterface8-dev
Install libhepmcinterface8-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libhepmcinterface8-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libhepmcinterface8-dev
Install libhepmcinterface8-dev 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 libhepmcinterface8-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libhepmcinterface8-dev
How To Uninstall libhepmcinterface8-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libhepmcinterface8-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libhepmcinterface8-dev
Uninstall libhepmcinterface8-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libhepmcinterface8-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libhepmcinterface8-dev
Remove libhepmcinterface8-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libhepmcinterface8-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libhepmcinterface8-dev
Remove libhepmcinterface8-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libhepmcinterface8-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libhepmcinterface8-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libhepmcinterface8-dev package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
