How To Install libsbml5 on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsbml5
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libsbml5
libsbml5 is:
LibSBML is a library designed to help you read, write, manipulate, translate, and validate SBML files and data streams. It is not an application itself (though it does come with many example programs), but rather a library you can embed in your own applications.
There are three methods to install libsbml5
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libsbml5 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libsbml5
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libsbml5
Install libsbml5 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libsbml5
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libsbml5
Install libsbml5 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 libsbml5
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libsbml5
How To Uninstall libsbml5 on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libsbml5
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libsbml5
Uninstall libsbml5 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libsbml5
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsbml5
Remove libsbml5 Configurations and Data
To remove libsbml5
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libsbml5
Remove libsbml5 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libsbml5
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libsbml5
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsbml5
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.