How To Install liboctave-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install liboctave-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is liboctave-dev
liboctave-dev is:
Octave is a (mostly Matlab (R) compatible) high-level language, primarily intended for numerical computations. It provides a convenient command-line interface for solving linear and nonlinear problems numerically.
This package provides the header files and the mkoctfile script used for extending Octave via compiled code.
There are three methods to install liboctave-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 liboctave-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 liboctave-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install liboctave-dev
Install liboctave-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install liboctave-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install liboctave-dev
Install liboctave-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 liboctave-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install liboctave-dev
How To Uninstall liboctave-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the liboctave-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove liboctave-dev
Uninstall liboctave-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall liboctave-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove liboctave-dev
Remove liboctave-dev Configurations and Data
To remove liboctave-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge liboctave-dev
Remove liboctave-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove liboctave-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge liboctave-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install liboctave-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
