How To Install libufo0 on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libufo0 on Ubuntu 18.04. libufo0 is Library for high-performance, GPU-based computing - runtime

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libufo0 on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libufo0

libufo0 is:

The UFO data processing framework is a C library suited to build general purpose streams data processing on heterogeneous architectures such as CPUs, GPUs or clusters. It is extensively used at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology for Ultra-fast X-ray Imaging (radiography, tomography and laminography).

A gobject-instrospection binding is also provided to write scripts or user interfaces.

This package provides the runtime for libufo.

There are three methods to install libufo0 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 libufo0 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libufo0 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libufo0

Install libufo0 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libufo0 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libufo0

Install libufo0 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 libufo0 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libufo0

How To Uninstall libufo0 on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libufo0 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libufo0

Uninstall libufo0 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libufo0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libufo0

Remove libufo0 Configurations and Data

To remove libufo0 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libufo0

Remove libufo0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libufo0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libufo0

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libufo0 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.