How To Install libhkl-doc on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libhkl-doc on Ubuntu 22.04. libhkl-doc is diffractometer computation control library - documentation

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libhkl-doc on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is libhkl-doc

libhkl-doc is:

The hkl library is a framework for diffraction computation and diffractometer control, heavily used at the SOLEIL synchrotron. It supports various types of diffractometer geometry: Eulerian 4-circle, Eulerian 6-circle, kappa 4-circle, kappa 6-circle, and z-axis geometry. For each of these it provides several numerically computed modes, such as bisector and constant psi.

This package provides the documentation for hkl.

There are three methods to install libhkl-doc 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 libhkl-doc Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libhkl-doc

Install libhkl-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libhkl-doc

Install libhkl-doc 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 libhkl-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libhkl-doc

How To Uninstall libhkl-doc on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the libhkl-doc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libhkl-doc

Uninstall libhkl-doc And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libhkl-doc

Remove libhkl-doc Configurations and Data

To remove libhkl-doc configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libhkl-doc

Remove libhkl-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libhkl-doc

References

Summary

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