How To Install librivet11v5 on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install librivet11v5 on Ubuntu 18.04. librivet11v5 is Run-time library of Rivet

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install librivet11v5 on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is librivet11v5

librivet11v5 is:

Rivet is a toolkit for validation of Monte Carlo event generators. Using a computationally efficient model for observable computations, Rivet provides a set of experimental analyses useful for generator sanity checks, as well as a convenient infrastructure for adding your own analysis.

This package provides run-time library of Rivet.

There are three methods to install librivet11v5 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 librivet11v5 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install librivet11v5 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install librivet11v5

Install librivet11v5 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install librivet11v5 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install librivet11v5

Install librivet11v5 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 librivet11v5 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install librivet11v5

How To Uninstall librivet11v5 on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the librivet11v5 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove librivet11v5

Uninstall librivet11v5 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall librivet11v5 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove librivet11v5

Remove librivet11v5 Configurations and Data

To remove librivet11v5 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge librivet11v5

Remove librivet11v5 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove librivet11v5 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge librivet11v5

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install librivet11v5 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.