How To Install octave-common on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install octave-common on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is octave-common
octave-common is:
Octave is a (mostly Matlab (R) compatible) high-level language, primarily intended for numerical computations. It provides a convenient command-line interface for solving linear and nonlinear problems numerically.
Octave can be dynamically extended with user-supplied C++ files.
This package provides the architecture-independent files (Octave scripts and other helper files).
There are three methods to install octave-common 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 octave-common Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install octave-common using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install octave-common
Install octave-common Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install octave-common using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install octave-common
Install octave-common 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 octave-common using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install octave-common
How To Uninstall octave-common on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the octave-common package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove octave-common
Uninstall octave-common And Its Dependencies
To uninstall octave-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove octave-common
Remove octave-common Configurations and Data
To remove octave-common configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge octave-common
Remove octave-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove octave-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge octave-common
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install octave-common package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
