How To Install python-iapws on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-iapws on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-iapws
python-iapws is:
This is a Python class to model a state for liquid water or steam with the Industrial Formulation IAPWS-IF97.
Further information on the standard is available at http://www.iapws.org
There are three methods to install python-iapws 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 python-iapws Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install python-iapws using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-iapws
Install python-iapws Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-iapws using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-iapws
Install python-iapws 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 python-iapws using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-iapws
How To Uninstall python-iapws on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-iapws package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-iapws
Uninstall python-iapws And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-iapws and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-iapws
Remove python-iapws Configurations and Data
To remove python-iapws configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-iapws
Remove python-iapws configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-iapws configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-iapws
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-iapws package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
