How To Install ginac-tools on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ginac-tools on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is ginac-tools
ginac-tools is:
GiNaC (which stands for “GiNaC is Not a CAS (Computer Algebra System)”) is a library for doing symbolic (i.e. non-numeric) computation directly in the C++ programming language.
This package provides some additional tools, like the popular ginsh (GiNaC interactive shell) and viewgar (for inspecting GiNaC archive files).
There are three methods to install ginac-tools 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 ginac-tools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ginac-tools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ginac-tools
Install ginac-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ginac-tools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ginac-tools
Install ginac-tools 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 ginac-tools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ginac-tools
How To Uninstall ginac-tools on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the ginac-tools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ginac-tools
Uninstall ginac-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ginac-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ginac-tools
Remove ginac-tools Configurations and Data
To remove ginac-tools configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ginac-tools
Remove ginac-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ginac-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ginac-tools
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ginac-tools package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
