How To Install julia on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install julia
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is julia
julia is:
Julia is a high-level, high-performance dynamic programming language for technical computing, with syntax that is familiar to users of other technical computing environments. It provides a sophisticated compiler, distributed parallel execution, numerical accuracy, and an extensive mathematical function library. The library, mostly written in Julia itself, also integrates mature, best-of-breed C and Fortran libraries for linear algebra, random number generation, FFTs, and string processing. Julia programs are organized around defining functions, and overloading them for different combinations of argument types (which can also be user-defined).
This package provides a complete Julia installation (JIT compiler, standard library, text-based user interface).
There are three methods to install julia
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 julia Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install julia
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install julia
Install julia Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install julia
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install julia
Install julia 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 julia
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install julia
How To Uninstall julia on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the julia
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove julia
Uninstall julia And Its Dependencies
To uninstall julia
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove julia
Remove julia Configurations and Data
To remove julia
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge julia
Remove julia configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove julia
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge julia
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install julia
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.