How To Install libmuparser-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmuparser-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libmuparser-dev
libmuparser-dev is:
muParser is a high performance mathematical parser library, written in pure C++. It is based on transforming an expression into a bytecode and precalculating constant parts of it.
This package contains the development files.
There are three methods to install libmuparser-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 libmuparser-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 libmuparser-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libmuparser-dev
Install libmuparser-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libmuparser-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libmuparser-dev
Install libmuparser-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 libmuparser-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libmuparser-dev
How To Uninstall libmuparser-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libmuparser-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libmuparser-dev
Uninstall libmuparser-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libmuparser-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmuparser-dev
Remove libmuparser-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libmuparser-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libmuparser-dev
Remove libmuparser-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libmuparser-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmuparser-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmuparser-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
