How To Install liblinbox-1.4.2-0 on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install liblinbox-1.4.2-0 on Ubuntu 18.04. liblinbox-1.4.2-0 is Library for exact linear algebra - shared library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install liblinbox-1.4.2-0 on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is liblinbox-1.4.2-0

liblinbox-1.4.2-0 is:

LinBox is a C++ template library for exact, high-performance linear algebra computation with dense, sparse, and structured matrices over the integers and over finite fields.

This package contains the LinBox shared library.

There are three methods to install liblinbox-1.4.2-0 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 liblinbox-1.4.2-0 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install liblinbox-1.4.2-0 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install liblinbox-1.4.2-0

Install liblinbox-1.4.2-0 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install liblinbox-1.4.2-0 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install liblinbox-1.4.2-0

Install liblinbox-1.4.2-0 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 liblinbox-1.4.2-0 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install liblinbox-1.4.2-0

How To Uninstall liblinbox-1.4.2-0 on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the liblinbox-1.4.2-0 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove liblinbox-1.4.2-0

Uninstall liblinbox-1.4.2-0 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall liblinbox-1.4.2-0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove liblinbox-1.4.2-0

Remove liblinbox-1.4.2-0 Configurations and Data

To remove liblinbox-1.4.2-0 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge liblinbox-1.4.2-0

Remove liblinbox-1.4.2-0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove liblinbox-1.4.2-0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge liblinbox-1.4.2-0

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install liblinbox-1.4.2-0 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.