How To Install liblapack-doc-man on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install liblapack-doc-man on Ubuntu 18.04. liblapack-doc-man is Transitional package for BLAS and LAPACK manpages

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install liblapack-doc-man on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is liblapack-doc-man

liblapack-doc-man is:

This is a transitional dummy package. It can be safely removed.

There are three methods to install liblapack-doc-man 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 liblapack-doc-man Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install liblapack-doc-man

Install liblapack-doc-man Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install liblapack-doc-man using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install liblapack-doc-man

Install liblapack-doc-man 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 liblapack-doc-man using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install liblapack-doc-man

How To Uninstall liblapack-doc-man on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the liblapack-doc-man package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove liblapack-doc-man

Uninstall liblapack-doc-man And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove liblapack-doc-man

Remove liblapack-doc-man Configurations and Data

To remove liblapack-doc-man configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge liblapack-doc-man

Remove liblapack-doc-man configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove liblapack-doc-man configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge liblapack-doc-man

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Summary

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