How To Install matlab-support-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install matlab-support-dev
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is matlab-support-dev
matlab-support-dev is:
This package provides a Makefile snippet (analogous to the one used for Octave) that configures the locations for architecture independent M-files, binary MEX-extensions, and their corresponding sources. This package can be used as a build-dependency by other packages shipping MATLAB toolboxes.
There are three methods to install matlab-support-dev
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install matlab-support-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 matlab-support-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install matlab-support-dev
Install matlab-support-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install matlab-support-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install matlab-support-dev
Install matlab-support-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 matlab-support-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install matlab-support-dev
How To Uninstall matlab-support-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the matlab-support-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove matlab-support-dev
Uninstall matlab-support-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall matlab-support-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove matlab-support-dev
Remove matlab-support-dev Configurations and Data
To remove matlab-support-dev
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge matlab-support-dev
Remove matlab-support-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove matlab-support-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge matlab-support-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install matlab-support-dev
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.