How To Install libopenlibm2 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libopenlibm2 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libopenlibm2
libopenlibm2 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 a shared version of the library.
There are three methods to install libopenlibm2 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 libopenlibm2 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libopenlibm2 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libopenlibm2
Install libopenlibm2 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libopenlibm2 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libopenlibm2
Install libopenlibm2 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 libopenlibm2 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libopenlibm2
How To Uninstall libopenlibm2 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libopenlibm2 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libopenlibm2
Uninstall libopenlibm2 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libopenlibm2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libopenlibm2
Remove libopenlibm2 Configurations and Data
To remove libopenlibm2 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libopenlibm2
Remove libopenlibm2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libopenlibm2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libopenlibm2
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libopenlibm2 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
