How To Install libpdflib804-2-gfortran on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpdflib804-2-gfortran
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libpdflib804-2-gfortran
libpdflib804-2-gfortran is:
The PDFLIB package gathers about 100 different sets of Parton Density Functions into a comprehensive library in a consistent way. Density functions are available for the nucleon, pion and photon. The library also allows the calculation of the strong force coupling constant to first or second order at a given value of Q-squared.
Note that in order to compile and link programs against this library, you must also install the libpdflib804-2-dev package.
There are three methods to install libpdflib804-2-gfortran
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 libpdflib804-2-gfortran Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libpdflib804-2-gfortran
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libpdflib804-2-gfortran
Install libpdflib804-2-gfortran Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libpdflib804-2-gfortran
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libpdflib804-2-gfortran
Install libpdflib804-2-gfortran 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 libpdflib804-2-gfortran
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libpdflib804-2-gfortran
How To Uninstall libpdflib804-2-gfortran on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libpdflib804-2-gfortran
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libpdflib804-2-gfortran
Uninstall libpdflib804-2-gfortran And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libpdflib804-2-gfortran
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpdflib804-2-gfortran
Remove libpdflib804-2-gfortran Configurations and Data
To remove libpdflib804-2-gfortran
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libpdflib804-2-gfortran
Remove libpdflib804-2-gfortran configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libpdflib804-2-gfortran
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpdflib804-2-gfortran
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpdflib804-2-gfortran
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.