How To Install gap-guava on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gap-guava on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is gap-guava
gap-guava 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 computing with error-correcting codes.
There are three methods to install gap-guava 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-guava 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-guava using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gap-guava
Install gap-guava Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gap-guava using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gap-guava
Install gap-guava 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-guava using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gap-guava
How To Uninstall gap-guava on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the gap-guava package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gap-guava
Uninstall gap-guava And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gap-guava and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gap-guava
Remove gap-guava Configurations and Data
To remove gap-guava configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gap-guava
Remove gap-guava configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gap-guava configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gap-guava
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gap-guava package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
