How To Install libherwig59-2-gfortran on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libherwig59-2-gfortran on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libherwig59-2-gfortran
libherwig59-2-gfortran is:
HERWIG is a general-purpose event generator for high energy hadronic processes, with particular emphasis on the detailed simulation of QCD parton showers.
Note that in order to compile and link programs against this library, you must also install the libherwig59-2-dev package.
There are three methods to install libherwig59-2-gfortran 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 libherwig59-2-gfortran Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libherwig59-2-gfortran using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libherwig59-2-gfortran
Install libherwig59-2-gfortran Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libherwig59-2-gfortran using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libherwig59-2-gfortran
Install libherwig59-2-gfortran 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 libherwig59-2-gfortran using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libherwig59-2-gfortran
How To Uninstall libherwig59-2-gfortran on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libherwig59-2-gfortran package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libherwig59-2-gfortran
Uninstall libherwig59-2-gfortran And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libherwig59-2-gfortran and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libherwig59-2-gfortran
Remove libherwig59-2-gfortran Configurations and Data
To remove libherwig59-2-gfortran configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libherwig59-2-gfortran
Remove libherwig59-2-gfortran configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libherwig59-2-gfortran configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libherwig59-2-gfortran
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libherwig59-2-gfortran package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
