How To Install libprimesieve8 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libprimesieve8 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libprimesieve8
libprimesieve8 is:
primesieve is a free software program and C/C++ library that generates primes using a highly optimized sieve of Eratosthenes implementation. primesieve can generate primes and prime k-tuplets up to nearly 2^64.
See http://primesieve.org/ for more information.
This package provides the shared library.
There are three methods to install libprimesieve8 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 libprimesieve8 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libprimesieve8 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libprimesieve8
Install libprimesieve8 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libprimesieve8 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libprimesieve8
Install libprimesieve8 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 libprimesieve8 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libprimesieve8
How To Uninstall libprimesieve8 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libprimesieve8 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libprimesieve8
Uninstall libprimesieve8 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libprimesieve8 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libprimesieve8
Remove libprimesieve8 Configurations and Data
To remove libprimesieve8 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libprimesieve8
Remove libprimesieve8 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libprimesieve8 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libprimesieve8
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libprimesieve8 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
