How To Install libsopt2.0 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsopt2.0
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libsopt2.0
libsopt2.0 is:
SOPT is a C package to perform Sparse OPTimisation. It solves a variety of sparse regularisation problems, including the SARA algorithm.
SOPT is largely provided to support the PURIFY package, a companion open-source code to perform radio interferometric imaging, also written by the authors of SOPT.
This package contains the shared library.
There are three methods to install libsopt2.0
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 libsopt2.0 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libsopt2.0
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libsopt2.0
Install libsopt2.0 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libsopt2.0
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libsopt2.0
Install libsopt2.0 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 libsopt2.0
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libsopt2.0
How To Uninstall libsopt2.0 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libsopt2.0
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libsopt2.0
Uninstall libsopt2.0 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libsopt2.0
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsopt2.0
Remove libsopt2.0 Configurations and Data
To remove libsopt2.0
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libsopt2.0
Remove libsopt2.0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libsopt2.0
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libsopt2.0
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsopt2.0
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.