How To Install libopenspecfun-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libopenspecfun-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libopenspecfun-dev
libopenspecfun-dev is:
Openspecfun provides AMOS and Faddeeva.
AMOS (from Netlib) is a portable package for Bessel Functions of a Complex Argument and Nonnegative Order; it contains subroutines for computing Bessel functions and Airy functions.
Faddeeva allows computing the various error functions of arbitrary complex arguments (Faddeeva function, error function, complementary error function, scaled complementary error function, imaginary error function, and Dawson function); given these, one can also easily compute Voigt functions, Fresnel integrals, and similar related functions as well.
This package contains the development files needed to compile software using openspecfun.
There are three methods to install libopenspecfun-dev 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 libopenspecfun-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 libopenspecfun-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libopenspecfun-dev
Install libopenspecfun-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libopenspecfun-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libopenspecfun-dev
Install libopenspecfun-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 libopenspecfun-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libopenspecfun-dev
How To Uninstall libopenspecfun-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libopenspecfun-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libopenspecfun-dev
Uninstall libopenspecfun-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libopenspecfun-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libopenspecfun-dev
Remove libopenspecfun-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libopenspecfun-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libopenspecfun-dev
Remove libopenspecfun-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libopenspecfun-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libopenspecfun-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libopenspecfun-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
