How To Install liblhapdf0v5 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install liblhapdf0v5 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is liblhapdf0v5
liblhapdf0v5 is:
LHAPDF provides a unified and easy to use interface to modern PDF sets. It is designed to work not only with individual PDF sets but also with the more recent multiple “error” sets. It can be viewed as the successor to PDFLIB, incorporating many of the older sets found in the latter, including pion and photon PDFs. In LHAPDF the computer code and input parameters/grids are separated thus allowing more easy updating and no limit to the expansion possibilities.
There are three methods to install liblhapdf0v5 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 liblhapdf0v5 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install liblhapdf0v5 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install liblhapdf0v5
Install liblhapdf0v5 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install liblhapdf0v5 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install liblhapdf0v5
Install liblhapdf0v5 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 liblhapdf0v5 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install liblhapdf0v5
How To Uninstall liblhapdf0v5 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the liblhapdf0v5 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove liblhapdf0v5
Uninstall liblhapdf0v5 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall liblhapdf0v5 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove liblhapdf0v5
Remove liblhapdf0v5 Configurations and Data
To remove liblhapdf0v5 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge liblhapdf0v5
Remove liblhapdf0v5 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove liblhapdf0v5 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge liblhapdf0v5
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install liblhapdf0v5 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
