How To Install octave-interval-doc on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install octave-interval-doc on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is octave-interval-doc
octave-interval-doc is:
The interval package for real-valued interval arithmetic allows one to evaluate functions over subsets of their domain. All results are verified, because interval computations automatically keep track of any errors.
These concepts can be used to handle uncertainties, estimate arithmetic errors and produce reliable results. Also it can be applied to computer-assisted proofs, constraint programming, and verified computing.
The implementation is based on interval boundaries represented by binary64 numbers and is conforming to IEEE Std 1788-2015, IEEE standard for interval arithmetic.
This Octave add-on package is part of the Octave-Forge project.
This package provides documentation in HTML format for the octave-interval package.
There are three methods to install octave-interval-doc 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-interval-doc 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-interval-doc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install octave-interval-doc
Install octave-interval-doc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install octave-interval-doc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install octave-interval-doc
Install octave-interval-doc 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-interval-doc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install octave-interval-doc
How To Uninstall octave-interval-doc on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the octave-interval-doc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove octave-interval-doc
Uninstall octave-interval-doc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall octave-interval-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove octave-interval-doc
Remove octave-interval-doc Configurations and Data
To remove octave-interval-doc configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge octave-interval-doc
Remove octave-interval-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove octave-interval-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge octave-interval-doc
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install octave-interval-doc package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
