How To Install libadios-examples on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libadios-examples on Ubuntu 18.04. libadios-examples is Examples for the ADIOS Adaptable IO system

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libadios-examples on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libadios-examples

libadios-examples is:

The Adaptable IO System (ADIOS) provides a simple, flexible way for scientists to describe the data in their code that may need to be written, read, or processed outside of the running simulation. By providing an external to the code XML file describing the various elements, their types, and how you wish to process them this run, the routines in the host code (either Fortran or C) can transparently change how they process the data.

There are three methods to install libadios-examples 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 libadios-examples Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libadios-examples using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libadios-examples

Install libadios-examples Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libadios-examples using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libadios-examples

Install libadios-examples 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 libadios-examples using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libadios-examples

How To Uninstall libadios-examples on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libadios-examples package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libadios-examples

Uninstall libadios-examples And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libadios-examples and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libadios-examples

Remove libadios-examples Configurations and Data

To remove libadios-examples configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libadios-examples

Remove libadios-examples configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libadios-examples configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libadios-examples

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libadios-examples package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.