How To Install python-symeig on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-symeig on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-symeig
python-symeig is:
A Python wrapper for the LAPACK functions to solve the standard and generalized eigenvalue problems for symmetric (hermitian) positive definite matrices. Those specialized algorithms give an important speed-up with respect to the generic LAPACK eigenvalue problem solver used by NumPy (linalg.eig and linalg.eigh).
This is dummy transitional package – please use scipy’s scipy.linalg.eigh for symeig functionality.
There are three methods to install python-symeig 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-symeig 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-symeig using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-symeig
Install python-symeig Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-symeig using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-symeig
Install python-symeig 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-symeig using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-symeig
How To Uninstall python-symeig on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-symeig package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-symeig
Uninstall python-symeig And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-symeig and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-symeig
Remove python-symeig Configurations and Data
To remove python-symeig configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-symeig
Remove python-symeig configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-symeig configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-symeig
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-symeig package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
