How To Install nsf on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nsf on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is nsf
nsf is:
The Next Scripting Framework (for short: NSF) is an infrastructure for creating object-oriented scripting languages based on Tcl. This package provides two ready-made object-orientated extensions for Tcl based on NSF: Next Scripting Language (NX, pronounced “next”) and Extended Object Tcl version 2 (XOTcl2, pronounced “exotickle”).
There are three methods to install nsf 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 nsf Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install nsf using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install nsf
Install nsf Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install nsf using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install nsf
Install nsf 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 nsf using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install nsf
How To Uninstall nsf on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the nsf package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove nsf
Uninstall nsf And Its Dependencies
To uninstall nsf and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove nsf
Remove nsf Configurations and Data
To remove nsf configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge nsf
Remove nsf configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove nsf configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nsf
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nsf package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
