How To Install libliggghts-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libliggghts-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libliggghts-dev
libliggghts-dev is:
LIGGGHTS stands for LAMMPS improved for general granular and granular heat transfer simulations.
LAMMPS is a classical molecular dynamics simulator. It is widely used in the field of Molecular Dynamics. Thanks to physical and algorithmic analogies, LAMMPS is a very good platform for DEM simulations. LAMMPS offers a GRANULAR package to perform these kind of simulations. LIGGGHTS aims to improve those capability with the goal to apply it to industrial applications. Development version.
The package contains development files.
There are three methods to install libliggghts-dev 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 libliggghts-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libliggghts-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libliggghts-dev
Install libliggghts-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libliggghts-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libliggghts-dev
Install libliggghts-dev 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 libliggghts-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libliggghts-dev
How To Uninstall libliggghts-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libliggghts-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libliggghts-dev
Uninstall libliggghts-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libliggghts-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libliggghts-dev
Remove libliggghts-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libliggghts-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libliggghts-dev
Remove libliggghts-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libliggghts-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libliggghts-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libliggghts-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
