How To Install med-pharmacy on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install med-pharmacy on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is med-pharmacy
med-pharmacy is:
This metapackage contains dependencies for a collection of software and documentation which is useful for pharmaceutical research.
There are three methods to install med-pharmacy 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 med-pharmacy Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install med-pharmacy using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install med-pharmacy
Install med-pharmacy Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install med-pharmacy using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install med-pharmacy
Install med-pharmacy 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 med-pharmacy using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install med-pharmacy
How To Uninstall med-pharmacy on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the med-pharmacy package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove med-pharmacy
Uninstall med-pharmacy And Its Dependencies
To uninstall med-pharmacy and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove med-pharmacy
Remove med-pharmacy Configurations and Data
To remove med-pharmacy configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge med-pharmacy
Remove med-pharmacy configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove med-pharmacy configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge med-pharmacy
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install med-pharmacy package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
