How To Install libtestu01-0-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libtestu01-0-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libtestu01-0-dev
libtestu01-0-dev is:
TestU01 is a software library, implemented in the ANSI C language, and offering a collection of utilities for the empirical statistical testing of uniform random number generators.
TestU01 implements several types of random number generators in generic form, as well as many specific generators proposed in the literature or found in widely-used software. It provides general implementations of the classical statistical tests for random number generators, as well as several others proposed in the literature, and some original ones. These tests can be applied to the generators predefined in the library and to user-defined generators. Specific tests suites for either sequences of uniform random numbers in [0,1] or bit sequences are also provided, as well as basic tools for plotting vectors of points produced by generators and more advanced tools for more involved tests and usage.
This package contains the static libraries and symbolic links that developers using the TestU01 libraries will need.
There are three methods to install libtestu01-0-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 libtestu01-0-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 libtestu01-0-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libtestu01-0-dev
Install libtestu01-0-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libtestu01-0-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libtestu01-0-dev
Install libtestu01-0-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 libtestu01-0-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libtestu01-0-dev
How To Uninstall libtestu01-0-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libtestu01-0-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libtestu01-0-dev
Uninstall libtestu01-0-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libtestu01-0-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libtestu01-0-dev
Remove libtestu01-0-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libtestu01-0-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libtestu01-0-dev
Remove libtestu01-0-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libtestu01-0-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libtestu01-0-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libtestu01-0-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
