How To Install libelemental0 on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libelemental0 on Ubuntu 18.04. libelemental0 is Periodic Table viewer (data and shared library)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libelemental0 on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libelemental0

libelemental0 is:

gElemental is a GTK+ periodic table viewer that provides detailed information about chemical elements.

It features a table view which allows the elements to be coloured thematically by several properties, a sortable list view and an element properties dialog, displaying a variety of information, including historical, thermodynamic, electrochemical, and crystallographic properties.

This package contains the shared library and the data set.

There are three methods to install libelemental0 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 libelemental0 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libelemental0 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libelemental0

Install libelemental0 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libelemental0 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libelemental0

Install libelemental0 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 libelemental0 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libelemental0

How To Uninstall libelemental0 on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libelemental0 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libelemental0

Uninstall libelemental0 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libelemental0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libelemental0

Remove libelemental0 Configurations and Data

To remove libelemental0 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libelemental0

Remove libelemental0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libelemental0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libelemental0

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libelemental0 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.