How To Install libxc4 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libxc4
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libxc4
libxc4 is:
LibXC is a library of exchange-correlation (XC) functionals for density-functional theory (DFT). The aim is to provide a portable, well tested and reliable set of exchange and correlation functionals that can be used by other codes. Supported XC functionals include:
- Local Density Approximation (LDA) functionals including Slater exchange, and VWN, Perdew-Zunger or PADE correlation.
- Generalized Gradient Approximation (GGA) XC functionals including PBE, PW91, BLYP, HCTH93, HCTH120, HCTH147, HCTH407, as well as B88 exchange and LYP or P86 correlation.
- Hybrid XC functionals including B3LYP, PBE0, B97, X3LYP, BHANDH, HSE03 and HSE06.
- Meta-GGA XC functionals including TPSS, M05 and M06.
There are three methods to install libxc4
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 libxc4 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libxc4
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libxc4
Install libxc4 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libxc4
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libxc4
Install libxc4 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 libxc4
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libxc4
How To Uninstall libxc4 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libxc4
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libxc4
Uninstall libxc4 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libxc4
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libxc4
Remove libxc4 Configurations and Data
To remove libxc4
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libxc4
Remove libxc4 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libxc4
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libxc4
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libxc4
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.