How To Install libmatheval-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmatheval-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libmatheval-dev
libmatheval-dev is:
GNU libmatheval is a library comprising of several procedures that make it possible to create an in-memory tree representation of mathematical functions over single or multiple variables and later use this representation to evaluate functions for specified variable values, to create corresponding trees for function derivatives over specified variables or to print textual representations of in-memory trees to a specified string. The library supports arbitrary variable names in expressions, decimal constants, basic unary and binary operators and elementary mathematical functions.
This package contains the header files and static library.
There are three methods to install libmatheval-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 libmatheval-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 libmatheval-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libmatheval-dev
Install libmatheval-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libmatheval-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libmatheval-dev
Install libmatheval-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 libmatheval-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libmatheval-dev
How To Uninstall libmatheval-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libmatheval-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libmatheval-dev
Uninstall libmatheval-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libmatheval-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmatheval-dev
Remove libmatheval-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libmatheval-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libmatheval-dev
Remove libmatheval-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libmatheval-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmatheval-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmatheval-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
