How To Install libwildmagic-common on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libwildmagic-common on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libwildmagic-common
libwildmagic-common is:
The WildMagic5 libraries are meant to help developers perform computing tasks in the following specialties:
- computer graphics;
- mathematics;
- physics;
- numerical methods;
- image analysis.
This package ships data files generally required when either using the library or developing with it or developing it.
There are three methods to install libwildmagic-common 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 libwildmagic-common Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libwildmagic-common using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libwildmagic-common
Install libwildmagic-common Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libwildmagic-common using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libwildmagic-common
Install libwildmagic-common 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 libwildmagic-common using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libwildmagic-common
How To Uninstall libwildmagic-common on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libwildmagic-common package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libwildmagic-common
Uninstall libwildmagic-common And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libwildmagic-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libwildmagic-common
Remove libwildmagic-common Configurations and Data
To remove libwildmagic-common configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libwildmagic-common
Remove libwildmagic-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libwildmagic-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libwildmagic-common
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libwildmagic-common package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
