How To Install libcdd-tools on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcdd-tools
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libcdd-tools
libcdd-tools is:
The cddlib library is a C library for manipulating general convex polyhedra. It supports converting between the system of linear inequalities representation and a vertices and extreme rays representation of a polyhedron, and also supports solving linear programming problems.
This package contains example programs using libcdd, for example cdd_both_reps, which computes minimal H- and V-representations of a given convex polytope.
There are three methods to install libcdd-tools
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 libcdd-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 libcdd-tools
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libcdd-tools
Install libcdd-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libcdd-tools
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libcdd-tools
Install libcdd-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 libcdd-tools
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libcdd-tools
How To Uninstall libcdd-tools on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libcdd-tools
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libcdd-tools
Uninstall libcdd-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libcdd-tools
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcdd-tools
Remove libcdd-tools Configurations and Data
To remove libcdd-tools
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libcdd-tools
Remove libcdd-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libcdd-tools
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcdd-tools
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcdd-tools
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.