How To Install libsuitesparse-doc on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsuitesparse-doc on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libsuitesparse-doc
libsuitesparse-doc is:
Suitesparse is a collection of libraries for computations involving sparse matrices. This package contains the user guides for the libraries distributed by the SuiteSparse project.
There are three methods to install libsuitesparse-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 libsuitesparse-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 libsuitesparse-doc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libsuitesparse-doc
Install libsuitesparse-doc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libsuitesparse-doc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libsuitesparse-doc
Install libsuitesparse-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 libsuitesparse-doc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libsuitesparse-doc
How To Uninstall libsuitesparse-doc on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libsuitesparse-doc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libsuitesparse-doc
Uninstall libsuitesparse-doc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libsuitesparse-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsuitesparse-doc
Remove libsuitesparse-doc Configurations and Data
To remove libsuitesparse-doc configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libsuitesparse-doc
Remove libsuitesparse-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libsuitesparse-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libsuitesparse-doc
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsuitesparse-doc package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.