How To Install libcolt-free-java on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcolt-free-java on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libcolt-free-java
libcolt-free-java is:
This distribution provides an infrastructure for scalable scientific and technical computing in Java. It is particularly useful in the domain of High Energy Physics at CERN: It contains, among others, efficient and usable data structures and algorithms for Off-line and On-line Data Analysis, Linear Algebra, Multi-dimensional arrays, Statistics, Histogramming, Monte Carlo Simulation, Parallel & Concurrent Programming. It summons some of the best concepts, designs and implementations thought up over time by the community, ports or improves them and introduces new approaches where need arises. In overlapping areas, it is competitive or superior to toolkits such as STL, Root, HTL, CLHEP, TNT, GSL, C-RAND / WIN-RAND, (all C/C++) as well as IBM Array, JDK 1.2 Collections framework (all Java), in terms of performance, functionality and (re)usability.
Note: libcolt-free-java is a copy of libcolt-java stripped from some classes with a non-free license (LGPL+military exception).
There are three methods to install libcolt-free-java 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 libcolt-free-java Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libcolt-free-java using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libcolt-free-java
Install libcolt-free-java Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libcolt-free-java using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libcolt-free-java
Install libcolt-free-java 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 libcolt-free-java using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libcolt-free-java
How To Uninstall libcolt-free-java on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libcolt-free-java package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libcolt-free-java
Uninstall libcolt-free-java And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libcolt-free-java and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcolt-free-java
Remove libcolt-free-java Configurations and Data
To remove libcolt-free-java configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libcolt-free-java
Remove libcolt-free-java configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libcolt-free-java configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcolt-free-java
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcolt-free-java package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
