How To Install cantor-backend-sage on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install cantor-backend-sage on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is cantor-backend-sage
cantor-backend-sage is:
Cantor is an application to allow you to you use your favorite mathematical applications from within an elegant worksheet interface. It provides dialogs to assist with common tasks and allows you to share your worksheets with others.
This package provides the backend for using the Sage Mathematics Software (https://www.sagemath.org) in Cantor.
Please note that sagemath is not available in Debian, so you need to manually install it for this package to work.
This package is part of the KDE education module.
There are three methods to install cantor-backend-sage 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 cantor-backend-sage Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install cantor-backend-sage using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install cantor-backend-sage
Install cantor-backend-sage Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install cantor-backend-sage using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install cantor-backend-sage
Install cantor-backend-sage 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 cantor-backend-sage using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install cantor-backend-sage
How To Uninstall cantor-backend-sage on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the cantor-backend-sage package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove cantor-backend-sage
Uninstall cantor-backend-sage And Its Dependencies
To uninstall cantor-backend-sage and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove cantor-backend-sage
Remove cantor-backend-sage Configurations and Data
To remove cantor-backend-sage configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge cantor-backend-sage
Remove cantor-backend-sage configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove cantor-backend-sage configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cantor-backend-sage
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cantor-backend-sage package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
