How To Install libpolymake-dev-common on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpolymake-dev-common on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libpolymake-dev-common
libpolymake-dev-common is:
Polymake started out as a tool for the algorithmic treatment of convex polyhedra. By now it also deals with finite simplicial complexes, tight spans of finite metric spaces, polyhedral surfaces, and other discrete mathematical objects.
This package contains common header files.
There are three methods to install libpolymake-dev-common 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 libpolymake-dev-common Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libpolymake-dev-common using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libpolymake-dev-common
Install libpolymake-dev-common Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libpolymake-dev-common using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libpolymake-dev-common
Install libpolymake-dev-common 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 libpolymake-dev-common using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libpolymake-dev-common
How To Uninstall libpolymake-dev-common on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libpolymake-dev-common package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libpolymake-dev-common
Uninstall libpolymake-dev-common And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libpolymake-dev-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpolymake-dev-common
Remove libpolymake-dev-common Configurations and Data
To remove libpolymake-dev-common configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libpolymake-dev-common
Remove libpolymake-dev-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libpolymake-dev-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpolymake-dev-common
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpolymake-dev-common package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
