How To Install libopenlibm-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libopenlibm-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libopenlibm-dev
libopenlibm-dev is:
OpenLibm is an effort to have a high quality, portable, standalone libm implementation, under a liberal free software license. It can be used standalone in applications and programming language implementations.
The project was born out of a need to have a good libm for the Julia programming language that worked consistently across compilers and operating systems, and in 32-bit and 64-bit environments.
This package contains the development files needed to compile software using openlibm.
There are three methods to install libopenlibm-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 libopenlibm-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 libopenlibm-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libopenlibm-dev
Install libopenlibm-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libopenlibm-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libopenlibm-dev
Install libopenlibm-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 libopenlibm-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libopenlibm-dev
How To Uninstall libopenlibm-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libopenlibm-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libopenlibm-dev
Uninstall libopenlibm-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libopenlibm-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libopenlibm-dev
Remove libopenlibm-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libopenlibm-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libopenlibm-dev
Remove libopenlibm-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libopenlibm-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libopenlibm-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libopenlibm-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
