How To Install minpack-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install minpack-dev
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is minpack-dev
minpack-dev is:
Minpack includes software for solving nonlinear equations and nonlinear least squares problems. Five algorithmic paths each include a core subroutine and an easy-to-use driver. The algorithms proceed either from an analytic specification of the Jacobian matrix or directly from the problem functions. The paths include facilities for systems of equations with a banded Jacobian matrix, for least squares problems with a large amount of data, and for checking the consistency of the Jacobian matrix with the functions.
This package provides the headers, man pages, examples, and static library.
There are three methods to install minpack-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 minpack-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 minpack-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install minpack-dev
Install minpack-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install minpack-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install minpack-dev
Install minpack-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 minpack-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install minpack-dev
How To Uninstall minpack-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the minpack-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove minpack-dev
Uninstall minpack-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall minpack-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove minpack-dev
Remove minpack-dev Configurations and Data
To remove minpack-dev
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge minpack-dev
Remove minpack-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove minpack-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge minpack-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install minpack-dev
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.