How To Install coinor-libosi1v5 on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install coinor-libosi1v5 on Ubuntu 20.04. coinor-libosi1v5 is COIN-OR Open Solver Interface

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install coinor-libosi1v5 on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is coinor-libosi1v5

coinor-libosi1v5 is:

Osi (Open Solver Interface) provides an abstract C++ base class to a generic linear programming (LP) solver, along with derived classes for specific solvers. Many applications may be able to use the Osi to insulate themselves from a specific LP solver.

Osi is part of the larger COIN-OR initiative (Computational Infrastructure for Operations Research).

This package contains the abstract Osi base library; implementations for different solvers are provided separately. The OsiClp interface is provided by the clp source package.

There are three methods to install coinor-libosi1v5 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 coinor-libosi1v5 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install coinor-libosi1v5 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install coinor-libosi1v5

Install coinor-libosi1v5 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install coinor-libosi1v5 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install coinor-libosi1v5

Install coinor-libosi1v5 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 coinor-libosi1v5 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install coinor-libosi1v5

How To Uninstall coinor-libosi1v5 on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the coinor-libosi1v5 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove coinor-libosi1v5

Uninstall coinor-libosi1v5 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall coinor-libosi1v5 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove coinor-libosi1v5

Remove coinor-libosi1v5 Configurations and Data

To remove coinor-libosi1v5 configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge coinor-libosi1v5

Remove coinor-libosi1v5 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove coinor-libosi1v5 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge coinor-libosi1v5

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install coinor-libosi1v5 package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.