How To Install thepeg-reference on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install thepeg-reference on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is thepeg-reference
thepeg-reference 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 code reference of ThePEG generated by Doxygen.
There are three methods to install thepeg-reference 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-reference 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-reference using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install thepeg-reference
Install thepeg-reference Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install thepeg-reference using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install thepeg-reference
Install thepeg-reference 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-reference using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install thepeg-reference
How To Uninstall thepeg-reference on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the thepeg-reference package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove thepeg-reference
Uninstall thepeg-reference And Its Dependencies
To uninstall thepeg-reference and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove thepeg-reference
Remove thepeg-reference Configurations and Data
To remove thepeg-reference configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge thepeg-reference
Remove thepeg-reference configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove thepeg-reference configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge thepeg-reference
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install thepeg-reference package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
