How To Install libsuitesparse-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsuitesparse-doc on Ubuntu 18.04. libsuitesparse-doc is libraries for sparse matrices computations (documentation)

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.