How To Install libscscp1-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libscscp1-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libscscp1-dev
libscscp1-dev is:
SCSCP stands for Symbolic Computation Software Composibility Protocol. This protocol is developed by the European project SCIEnce - Symbolic Computation Infrastructure for Europe: http://www.symbolic-computing.org
This C/C++ library, which is developed by the French Institute of Celestial Mechanics and Ephemeridesis Calculus (IMCCE) consists of an implementation of the SCSCP protocol. It provides an Application Programming Interface (API) to develop client and server applications to communicate with systems that support the SCSCP protocol, mainly Computer Algebra Systems (CAS).
This package contains the header files, static libraries and symbolic links that developers using the SCSCP library developed at IMCCE will need.
There are three methods to install libscscp1-dev 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 libscscp1-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libscscp1-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libscscp1-dev
Install libscscp1-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libscscp1-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libscscp1-dev
Install libscscp1-dev 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 libscscp1-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libscscp1-dev
How To Uninstall libscscp1-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libscscp1-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libscscp1-dev
Uninstall libscscp1-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libscscp1-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libscscp1-dev
Remove libscscp1-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libscscp1-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libscscp1-dev
Remove libscscp1-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libscscp1-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libscscp1-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libscscp1-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
