How To Install algotutor on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install algotutor on Ubuntu 20.04. algotutor is program for observing the intermediate steps of algorithm

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install algotutor on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is algotutor

algotutor is:

algotutor is an interactive program for observing the intermediate steps of algorithms (“algorithm animation”). The target audience is computer science students and/or anyone who studies algorithms and/or data structures. One can create data files in plain text format (actually perl anonymous hashes, but one need not care) and let algotutor runs through some predefined algorithm. Then one can step backward and forward through the execution sequence of the algorithm at different levels of details.

There are three methods to install algotutor on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install algotutor Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install algotutor using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install algotutor

Install algotutor Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install algotutor using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install algotutor

Install algotutor 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 algotutor using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install algotutor

How To Uninstall algotutor on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the algotutor package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove algotutor

Uninstall algotutor And Its Dependencies

To uninstall algotutor and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove algotutor

Remove algotutor Configurations and Data

To remove algotutor configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge algotutor

Remove algotutor configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove algotutor configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge algotutor

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install algotutor package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.