How To Install octave-gsl on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install octave-gsl on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is octave-gsl
octave-gsl is:
This package provides bindings to the GNU Scientific Library for Octave, a numerical computation software. The GSL is a collection of routines for numerical analysis.
This Octave add-on package is part of the Octave-Forge project.
There are three methods to install octave-gsl 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-gsl 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-gsl using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install octave-gsl
Install octave-gsl Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install octave-gsl using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install octave-gsl
Install octave-gsl 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-gsl using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install octave-gsl
How To Uninstall octave-gsl on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the octave-gsl package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove octave-gsl
Uninstall octave-gsl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall octave-gsl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove octave-gsl
Remove octave-gsl Configurations and Data
To remove octave-gsl configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge octave-gsl
Remove octave-gsl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove octave-gsl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge octave-gsl
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install octave-gsl package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
