How To Install bliss on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install bliss on Ubuntu 20.04. bliss is tool to compute graph automorphisms and labelings – bin

Introduction

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

What is bliss

bliss is:

Bliss is a backtracking algorithm for computing automorphism groups and canonical forms of graphs, based on individualization and refinement. Its data structures, subroutines, and pruning heuristics are specially designed for fast handling of large and sparse graphs.

This package provides the command line tool bliss.

There are three methods to install bliss 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 bliss Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install bliss

Install bliss Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install bliss

Install bliss 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 bliss using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install bliss

How To Uninstall bliss on Ubuntu 20.04

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

sudo apt-get remove bliss

Uninstall bliss And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove bliss

Remove bliss Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge bliss

Remove bliss configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bliss

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Summary

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