How To Install libsc-doc on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsc-doc on Ubuntu 22.04. libsc-doc is Scientific Computing Toolkit (documentation)

Introduction

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

What is libsc-doc

libsc-doc is:

The Scientific Computing toolkit (SC) provides C++ class libraries for scientific computation. Included are classes for managing memory, saving and restoring the state of objects, reading objects from an input file, parallel communication, matrix algebra, among others.

This package includes the HTML-documentation and the manpages of the classes.

There are three methods to install libsc-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 libsc-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 libsc-doc using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libsc-doc

Install libsc-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libsc-doc

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

sudo aptitude -y install libsc-doc

How To Uninstall libsc-doc on Ubuntu 22.04

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

sudo apt-get remove libsc-doc

Uninstall libsc-doc And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsc-doc

Remove libsc-doc Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libsc-doc

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

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

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

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Summary

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