How To Install paw on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install paw on Ubuntu 18.04. paw is Physics Analysis Workstation - a graphical analysis program

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install paw on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is paw

paw 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.

PAW is an interactive program providing interactive graphical presentation and statistical and mathematical analysis tools. It is designed to work on objects familiar to physicists such as histograms, event files (Ntuples), vectors, etc.

The program is linked statically against the CERN libraries on 64-bit architectures in order to function properly, as its design is not very 64-bit clean.

There are three methods to install paw 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 paw Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install paw

Install paw Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install paw using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install paw

Install paw 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 paw using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install paw

How To Uninstall paw on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the paw package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove paw

Uninstall paw And Its Dependencies

To uninstall paw and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove paw

Remove paw Configurations and Data

To remove paw configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge paw

Remove paw configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge paw

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install paw package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.