How To Install libec5 on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libec5
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libec5
libec5 is:
This library implements 2-descent on elliptic curves over Q and computations with modular symbols.
It is the library which powers the eclib-tools, which are used for the elliptic curve database.
There are three methods to install libec5
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 libec5 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libec5
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libec5
Install libec5 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libec5
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libec5
Install libec5 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 libec5
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libec5
How To Uninstall libec5 on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libec5
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libec5
Uninstall libec5 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libec5
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libec5
Remove libec5 Configurations and Data
To remove libec5
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libec5
Remove libec5 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libec5
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libec5
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libec5
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.