How To Install gap-float on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gap-float on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is gap-float
gap-float is:
GAP is a system for computational discrete algebra with particular emphasis on computational group theory, but which has already proved useful also in other areas.
This GAP package brings to GAP floating-point numbers with arbitrary precision; it is based on MPFR, MPFI, MPC, CXSC, and FPLLL.
There are three methods to install gap-float 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-float 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-float using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gap-float
Install gap-float Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gap-float using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gap-float
Install gap-float 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-float using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gap-float
How To Uninstall gap-float on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the gap-float package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gap-float
Uninstall gap-float And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gap-float and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gap-float
Remove gap-float Configurations and Data
To remove gap-float configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gap-float
Remove gap-float configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gap-float configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gap-float
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gap-float package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
