How To Install octave-divand on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install octave-divand on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is octave-divand
octave-divand is:
This package contains functions for performing multidimensional variational analysis in Octave, a scientific computation software. They allow the interpolation and analysis of observations on curvilinear orthogonal grids in an arbitrary high dimensional space by minimizing a cost function.
This Octave add-on package is part of the Octave-Forge project.
There are three methods to install octave-divand 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-divand 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-divand using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install octave-divand
Install octave-divand Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install octave-divand using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install octave-divand
Install octave-divand 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-divand using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install octave-divand
How To Uninstall octave-divand on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the octave-divand package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove octave-divand
Uninstall octave-divand And Its Dependencies
To uninstall octave-divand and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove octave-divand
Remove octave-divand Configurations and Data
To remove octave-divand configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge octave-divand
Remove octave-divand configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove octave-divand configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge octave-divand
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install octave-divand package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
