How To Install libmatio-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmatio-doc on Ubuntu 18.04. libmatio-doc is MAT File I/O Library - documentation files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmatio-doc on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libmatio-doc

libmatio-doc is:

matio is an ISO C library for reading and writing Matlab MAT files.

This package contains the documentation of the library (PDF and manpages).

There are three methods to install libmatio-doc 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 libmatio-doc Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libmatio-doc using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libmatio-doc

Install libmatio-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libmatio-doc using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libmatio-doc

Install libmatio-doc 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 libmatio-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libmatio-doc

How To Uninstall libmatio-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libmatio-doc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libmatio-doc

Uninstall libmatio-doc And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmatio-doc

Remove libmatio-doc Configurations and Data

To remove libmatio-doc configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libmatio-doc

Remove libmatio-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libmatio-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmatio-doc

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Summary

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