How To Install mcpl on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mcpl
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is mcpl
mcpl is:
This package includes the core utilities for reading and writing *.mcpl files, a binary format with lists of particle state information, for interchanging and reshooting events between various Monte Carlo simulation applications. The core utilities include both command line tools and programming interfaces for C/C++ and python.
There are three methods to install mcpl
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 mcpl Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install mcpl
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mcpl
Install mcpl Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mcpl
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mcpl
Install mcpl 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 mcpl
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mcpl
How To Uninstall mcpl on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the mcpl
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mcpl
Uninstall mcpl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mcpl
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mcpl
Remove mcpl Configurations and Data
To remove mcpl
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mcpl
Remove mcpl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mcpl
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mcpl
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mcpl
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.