How To Install libdsfmt-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libdsfmt-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libdsfmt-dev
libdsfmt-dev is:
The double-precision SIMD-oriented Fast Mersenne Twister (dSFMT) is a variant of the Mersenne Twister pseudorandom number generator designed for modern CPUs with multi-stage pipelining and SIMD instructions. dSFMT directly generates IEEE 754 format double-precision floating-point pseudorandom numbers in the ranges [1, 2), [0, 1), (0, 1] and (0, 1), and supports various periods from 2^521-1 to 2^216091-1.
This package contains the development files needed to compile software using dSFMT.
There are three methods to install libdsfmt-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 libdsfmt-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 libdsfmt-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libdsfmt-dev
Install libdsfmt-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libdsfmt-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libdsfmt-dev
Install libdsfmt-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 libdsfmt-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libdsfmt-dev
How To Uninstall libdsfmt-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libdsfmt-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libdsfmt-dev
Uninstall libdsfmt-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libdsfmt-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libdsfmt-dev
Remove libdsfmt-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libdsfmt-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libdsfmt-dev
Remove libdsfmt-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libdsfmt-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libdsfmt-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libdsfmt-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
