How To Install python3-nlopt on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-nlopt on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is python3-nlopt
python3-nlopt is:
NLopt is a free/open-source library for nonlinear optimization, providing a common interface for a number of different free optimization routines available online as well as original implementations of various other algorithms. Its features include:
* Callable from C, C++, Fortran, GNU Octave, Python, GNU Guile, GNU R.
* A common interface for many different algorithms
* Support for large-scale optimization.
* Both global and local optimization algorithms.
* Algorithms using function values only (derivative-free) and also
algorithms exploiting user-supplied gradients.
* Algorithms for unconstrained optimization, bound-constrained optimization,
and general nonlinear inequality/equality constraints.
This package contains the Python 3 bindings.
There are three methods to install python3-nlopt on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install python3-nlopt Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-nlopt using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-nlopt
Install python3-nlopt Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-nlopt using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-nlopt
Install python3-nlopt 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 python3-nlopt using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-nlopt
How To Uninstall python3-nlopt on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the python3-nlopt package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-nlopt
Uninstall python3-nlopt And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-nlopt and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-nlopt
Remove python3-nlopt Configurations and Data
To remove python3-nlopt configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-nlopt
Remove python3-nlopt configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-nlopt configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-nlopt
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-nlopt package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
