How To Install libpacklib1-gfortran on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpacklib1-gfortran on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libpacklib1-gfortran
libpacklib1-gfortran is:
CERNLIB is a suite of data analysis tools and libraries created for use in physics experiments, but also with applications to other fields such as the biological sciences.
The packlib library includes a great deal of CERNLIB core functionality. Best-known are probably the MINUIT function minimization routines, the HBOOK histogramming routines, and KUIP (Kit for a User Interface Package). Other subsystems include CSPACK, a set of client-server routines; FFREAD, a format-free input processing system for FORTRAN; and ZEBRA, a data structure management package.
This package also includes kuesvr, the KUIP edit server program that permits calling an editor asynchronously from within a KUIP-based program.
Please note that the graphical functionality of KUIP has been split out into the separate libpacklib-lesstif1-gfortran package so that this package need not depend upon the X libraries. In order to compile and link programs against libpacklib, you must also install the libpacklib1-dev (and maybe also the libpacklib-lesstif1-dev) package(s).
There are three methods to install libpacklib1-gfortran 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 libpacklib1-gfortran Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libpacklib1-gfortran using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libpacklib1-gfortran
Install libpacklib1-gfortran Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libpacklib1-gfortran using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libpacklib1-gfortran
Install libpacklib1-gfortran 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 libpacklib1-gfortran using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libpacklib1-gfortran
How To Uninstall libpacklib1-gfortran on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libpacklib1-gfortran package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libpacklib1-gfortran
Uninstall libpacklib1-gfortran And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libpacklib1-gfortran and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpacklib1-gfortran
Remove libpacklib1-gfortran Configurations and Data
To remove libpacklib1-gfortran configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libpacklib1-gfortran
Remove libpacklib1-gfortran configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libpacklib1-gfortran configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpacklib1-gfortran
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpacklib1-gfortran package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
