How To Install pythia8-data on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pythia8-data
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is pythia8-data
pythia8-data is:
PYTHIA is a program for the generation of high-energy physics events, i.e. for the description of collisions at high energies between elementary particles such as e+, e-, p and pbar in various combinations. It contains theory and models for a number of physics aspects, including hard and soft interactions, parton distributions, initial- and final-state parton showers, multiple interactions, fragmentation and decay.
This package provides XML data files of PYTHIA8
There are three methods to install pythia8-data
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install pythia8-data Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install pythia8-data
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install pythia8-data
Install pythia8-data Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install pythia8-data
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install pythia8-data
Install pythia8-data 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 pythia8-data
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install pythia8-data
How To Uninstall pythia8-data on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the pythia8-data
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove pythia8-data
Uninstall pythia8-data And Its Dependencies
To uninstall pythia8-data
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove pythia8-data
Remove pythia8-data Configurations and Data
To remove pythia8-data
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge pythia8-data
Remove pythia8-data configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove pythia8-data
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pythia8-data
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pythia8-data
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.