How To Install libopenspecfun1 on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libopenspecfun1 on Ubuntu 18.04. libopenspecfun1 is collection of special mathematical functions (shared library)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libopenspecfun1 on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libopenspecfun1

libopenspecfun1 is:

Openspecfun provides AMOS and Faddeeva.

AMOS (from Netlib) is a portable package for Bessel Functions of a Complex Argument and Nonnegative Order; it contains subroutines for computing Bessel functions and Airy functions.

Faddeeva allows computing the various error functions of arbitrary complex arguments (Faddeeva function, error function, complementary error function, scaled complementary error function, imaginary error function, and Dawson function); given these, one can also easily compute Voigt functions, Fresnel integrals, and similar related functions as well.

This package contains a shared version of the library.

There are three methods to install libopenspecfun1 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 libopenspecfun1 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libopenspecfun1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libopenspecfun1

Install libopenspecfun1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libopenspecfun1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libopenspecfun1

Install libopenspecfun1 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 libopenspecfun1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libopenspecfun1

How To Uninstall libopenspecfun1 on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libopenspecfun1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libopenspecfun1

Uninstall libopenspecfun1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libopenspecfun1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libopenspecfun1

Remove libopenspecfun1 Configurations and Data

To remove libopenspecfun1 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libopenspecfun1

Remove libopenspecfun1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libopenspecfun1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libopenspecfun1

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libopenspecfun1 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.