How To Install libreoffice-nlpsolver on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libreoffice-nlpsolver
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is libreoffice-nlpsolver
libreoffice-nlpsolver is:
By default LibreOffice Calc ships with a solver engine for linear programming only. This allows the optimization of models to a certain degree. However, if the formulas or constraints become more complex, nonlinear programming is required. That missing gap is now filled by the Solver for Nonlinear Programming extension.
Currently it incorporates two Evolutionary Algorithms which are able to handle floating point and integer variables as well as nonlinear constraints.
There are three methods to install libreoffice-nlpsolver
on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libreoffice-nlpsolver Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libreoffice-nlpsolver
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libreoffice-nlpsolver
Install libreoffice-nlpsolver Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libreoffice-nlpsolver
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libreoffice-nlpsolver
Install libreoffice-nlpsolver 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 libreoffice-nlpsolver
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libreoffice-nlpsolver
How To Uninstall libreoffice-nlpsolver on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the libreoffice-nlpsolver
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libreoffice-nlpsolver
Uninstall libreoffice-nlpsolver And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libreoffice-nlpsolver
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libreoffice-nlpsolver
Remove libreoffice-nlpsolver Configurations and Data
To remove libreoffice-nlpsolver
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libreoffice-nlpsolver
Remove libreoffice-nlpsolver configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libreoffice-nlpsolver
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libreoffice-nlpsolver
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libreoffice-nlpsolver
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.