How To Install libnormaliz3 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnormaliz3 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libnormaliz3
libnormaliz3 is:
Normaliz is a mathematical tool for computations in affine monoids, vector configurations, lattice polytopes, and rational cones.
This package provides the shared libraries required to run programs compiled against the Normaliz library. To compile your own programs you also need to install the libnormaliz-dev package.
There are three methods to install libnormaliz3 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 libnormaliz3 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libnormaliz3 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libnormaliz3
Install libnormaliz3 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libnormaliz3 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libnormaliz3
Install libnormaliz3 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 libnormaliz3 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libnormaliz3
How To Uninstall libnormaliz3 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libnormaliz3 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libnormaliz3
Uninstall libnormaliz3 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libnormaliz3 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libnormaliz3
Remove libnormaliz3 Configurations and Data
To remove libnormaliz3 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libnormaliz3
Remove libnormaliz3 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libnormaliz3 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libnormaliz3
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnormaliz3 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
