How To Install phcpack-doc on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install phcpack-doc on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is phcpack-doc
phcpack-doc is:
PHCpack is a software package to solve polynomial systems by homotopy continuation methods.
A polynomial system is given as a sequence of polynomials in several variables. Homotopy continuation methods operate in two stages. In the first stage, a family of polynomial systems (the so-called homotopy) is constructed. This homotopy contains a polynomial system with known solutions. In the second stage, numerical continuation methods are applied to track the solution paths defined by the homotopy, starting at the known solutions and leading to the solutions of the given polynomial system.
This package contains demo files and documentation.
There are three methods to install phcpack-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 phcpack-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 phcpack-doc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install phcpack-doc
Install phcpack-doc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install phcpack-doc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install phcpack-doc
Install phcpack-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 phcpack-doc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install phcpack-doc
How To Uninstall phcpack-doc on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the phcpack-doc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove phcpack-doc
Uninstall phcpack-doc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall phcpack-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove phcpack-doc
Remove phcpack-doc Configurations and Data
To remove phcpack-doc configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge phcpack-doc
Remove phcpack-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove phcpack-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge phcpack-doc
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install phcpack-doc package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
