How To Install libalglib-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libalglib-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libalglib-dev
libalglib-dev is:
ALGLIB is a cross-platform numerical analysis and data processing library. This package support C++. ALGLIB features include:
* Linear algebra (direct algorithms, EVD/SVD)
* Solvers (linear and nonlinear)
* Interpolation
* Optimization
* Fast Fourier transforms
* Numerical integration
* Linear and nonlinear least-squares fitting
* Ordinary differential equations
* Special functions
* Statistics (descriptive statistics, hypothesis testing)
* Data analysis (classification/regression, including neural networks)
This package contains the development files (headers and documentation) for ALGLIB.
There are three methods to install libalglib-dev 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 libalglib-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libalglib-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libalglib-dev
Install libalglib-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libalglib-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libalglib-dev
Install libalglib-dev 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 libalglib-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libalglib-dev
How To Uninstall libalglib-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libalglib-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libalglib-dev
Uninstall libalglib-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libalglib-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libalglib-dev
Remove libalglib-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libalglib-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libalglib-dev
Remove libalglib-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libalglib-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libalglib-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libalglib-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
