How To Install libslicot-doc on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libslicot-doc on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libslicot-doc
libslicot-doc is:
SLICOT (Subroutine Library In COntrol Theory) is a general purpose basic mathematical library for control theoretical computations. The library provides tools to perform essential system analysis and synthesis tasks. The main emphasis in SLICOT is on numerical reliability of implemented algorithms and the numerical robustness and efficiency of routines. Providing algorithmic flexibility and the use of rigorous implementation and documentation standards are other SLICOT features.
SLICOT is written is Fortran 77 and builds upon the numerical linear algebra routines from BLAS (Basic Linear Algebra Subroutines) and LAPACK (Linear Algebra PACKage).
This package contains the documentation of all the routines. It also contains associated example programs, data and results for many routines.
There are three methods to install libslicot-doc 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 libslicot-doc Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libslicot-doc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libslicot-doc
Install libslicot-doc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libslicot-doc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libslicot-doc
Install libslicot-doc 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 libslicot-doc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libslicot-doc
How To Uninstall libslicot-doc on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libslicot-doc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libslicot-doc
Uninstall libslicot-doc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libslicot-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libslicot-doc
Remove libslicot-doc Configurations and Data
To remove libslicot-doc configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libslicot-doc
Remove libslicot-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libslicot-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libslicot-doc
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libslicot-doc package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
