How To Install python-rivet on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-rivet
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-rivet
python-rivet is:
Rivet is a toolkit for validation of Monte Carlo event generators. Using a computationally efficient model for observable computations, Rivet provides a set of experimental analyses useful for generator sanity checks, as well as a convenient infrastructure for adding your own analysis.
This package provides Python bindings of Rivet.
There are three methods to install python-rivet
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-rivet 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-rivet
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-rivet
Install python-rivet Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-rivet
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-rivet
Install python-rivet 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-rivet
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-rivet
How To Uninstall python-rivet on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-rivet
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-rivet
Uninstall python-rivet And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-rivet
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-rivet
Remove python-rivet Configurations and Data
To remove python-rivet
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-rivet
Remove python-rivet configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-rivet
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-rivet
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-rivet
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.