How To Install thepeg-gui on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install thepeg-gui on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is thepeg-gui
thepeg-gui is:
ThePEG is a general toolkit for implementing physics models of event generation in high energy particle collisions. It defines a general structure of event generation in terms of abstract base classes for e.g. hard partonic matrix elements, parton showers and the decay of unstable particles. Different models are then implemented by creating classes which inherits from these base classes and implements sets of pre-defined virtual functions.
This package provides Java GUI of ThePEG.
There are three methods to install thepeg-gui 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 thepeg-gui Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install thepeg-gui using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install thepeg-gui
Install thepeg-gui Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install thepeg-gui using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install thepeg-gui
Install thepeg-gui 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 thepeg-gui using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install thepeg-gui
How To Uninstall thepeg-gui on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the thepeg-gui package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove thepeg-gui
Uninstall thepeg-gui And Its Dependencies
To uninstall thepeg-gui and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove thepeg-gui
Remove thepeg-gui Configurations and Data
To remove thepeg-gui configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge thepeg-gui
Remove thepeg-gui configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove thepeg-gui configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge thepeg-gui
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install thepeg-gui package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
