How To Install libmathicgb-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmathicgb-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libmathicgb-dev
libmathicgb-dev is:
Mathicgb is a program for computing Groebner basis and signature Groebner bases. Mathicgb is based on the fast data structures from mathic.
The paper “Practical Groebner Basis Computation” describes the algorithms in Mathicgb from a high level. It was presented at ISSAC 2012 and is available at http://arxiv.org/abs/1206.6940
This package contains the developer tools.
There are three methods to install libmathicgb-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 libmathicgb-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 libmathicgb-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libmathicgb-dev
Install libmathicgb-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libmathicgb-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libmathicgb-dev
Install libmathicgb-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 libmathicgb-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libmathicgb-dev
How To Uninstall libmathicgb-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libmathicgb-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libmathicgb-dev
Uninstall libmathicgb-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libmathicgb-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmathicgb-dev
Remove libmathicgb-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libmathicgb-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libmathicgb-dev
Remove libmathicgb-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libmathicgb-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmathicgb-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmathicgb-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
