How To Install libp4est-1.1 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libp4est-1.1 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libp4est-1.1
libp4est-1.1 is:
The p4est software library enables the dynamic management of a collection of adaptive octrees, conveniently called a forest of octrees. p4est is designed to work in parallel and scale to hundreds of thousands of processor cores.
This package contains the shared library.
There are three methods to install libp4est-1.1 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 libp4est-1.1 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libp4est-1.1 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libp4est-1.1
Install libp4est-1.1 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libp4est-1.1 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libp4est-1.1
Install libp4est-1.1 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 libp4est-1.1 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libp4est-1.1
How To Uninstall libp4est-1.1 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libp4est-1.1 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libp4est-1.1
Uninstall libp4est-1.1 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libp4est-1.1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libp4est-1.1
Remove libp4est-1.1 Configurations and Data
To remove libp4est-1.1 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libp4est-1.1
Remove libp4est-1.1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libp4est-1.1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libp4est-1.1
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libp4est-1.1 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.