How To Install librbio2 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install librbio2 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is librbio2
librbio2 is:
Suitesparse is a collection of libraries for computations involving sparse matrices.
RBio is a library for reading/writing sparse matrices in the Rutherford/Boeing format.
There are three methods to install librbio2 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 librbio2 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install librbio2 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install librbio2
Install librbio2 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install librbio2 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install librbio2
Install librbio2 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 librbio2 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install librbio2
How To Uninstall librbio2 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the librbio2 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove librbio2
Uninstall librbio2 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall librbio2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove librbio2
Remove librbio2 Configurations and Data
To remove librbio2 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge librbio2
Remove librbio2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove librbio2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge librbio2
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install librbio2 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.