How To Install makedepf90 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install makedepf90 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is makedepf90
makedepf90 is:
Makedepf90 is a program for automatic creation of Makefile dependency lists for Fortran source code. Makedepf90 supports MODULE:s, INCLUDE:s, cpp #include:s, f90ppr $include:s and coco ??include:s and set-files.
The original idea was to provide the same functionality for Fortran as
gcc -MM *.c
does for C.
There are three methods to install makedepf90 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 makedepf90 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install makedepf90 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install makedepf90
Install makedepf90 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install makedepf90 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install makedepf90
Install makedepf90 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 makedepf90 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install makedepf90
How To Uninstall makedepf90 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the makedepf90 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove makedepf90
Uninstall makedepf90 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall makedepf90 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove makedepf90
Remove makedepf90 Configurations and Data
To remove makedepf90 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge makedepf90
Remove makedepf90 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove makedepf90 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge makedepf90
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install makedepf90 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.