How To Install python-sciscipy on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-sciscipy
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-sciscipy
python-sciscipy is:
Sciscipy provides a Python API to map Scilab features. Three main methods are available:
- sciscipy.eval(sci_cmd)
- sciscipy.read(sci_var_name)
- sciscipy.write(sci_var_name, py_var_name)
Also, to increase the level of enjoyment, a python module called scilab is also provided. This package contains a class ‘Scilab’ that can be used to issue any valid scilab function.
There are three methods to install python-sciscipy
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-sciscipy 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-sciscipy
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-sciscipy
Install python-sciscipy Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-sciscipy
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-sciscipy
Install python-sciscipy 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-sciscipy
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-sciscipy
How To Uninstall python-sciscipy on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-sciscipy
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-sciscipy
Uninstall python-sciscipy And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-sciscipy
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-sciscipy
Remove python-sciscipy Configurations and Data
To remove python-sciscipy
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-sciscipy
Remove python-sciscipy configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-sciscipy
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-sciscipy
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-sciscipy
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.