How To Install gap-atlasrep on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gap-atlasrep on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is gap-atlasrep
gap-atlasrep is:
GAP is a system for computational discrete algebra, with particular emphasis on Computational Group Theory. GAP provides a programming language, a library of thousands of functions implementing algebraic algorithms written in the GAP language as well as large data libraries of algebraic objects. GAP is used in research and teaching for studying groups and their representations, rings, vector spaces, algebras, combinatorial structures, and more.
Atlasrep is a GAP Interface to the Atlas of Group Representations by Thomas Breuer and Simon Nickerson.
There are three methods to install gap-atlasrep 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 gap-atlasrep Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gap-atlasrep using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gap-atlasrep
Install gap-atlasrep Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gap-atlasrep using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gap-atlasrep
Install gap-atlasrep 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 gap-atlasrep using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gap-atlasrep
How To Uninstall gap-atlasrep on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the gap-atlasrep package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gap-atlasrep
Uninstall gap-atlasrep And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gap-atlasrep and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gap-atlasrep
Remove gap-atlasrep Configurations and Data
To remove gap-atlasrep configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gap-atlasrep
Remove gap-atlasrep configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gap-atlasrep configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gap-atlasrep
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gap-atlasrep package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
