How To Install octave-optics on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install octave-optics on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is octave-optics
octave-optics is:
This package covers various aspects of optics in Octave, a scientific computation software. It contains functions for manipulating Jones, Mueller, and Stokes matrices and for computing Zernike polynomials.
This Octave add-on package is part of the Octave-Forge project.
There are three methods to install octave-optics on Ubuntu 20.04. 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-optics 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-optics using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install octave-optics
Install octave-optics Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install octave-optics using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install octave-optics
Install octave-optics 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-optics using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install octave-optics
How To Uninstall octave-optics on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the octave-optics package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove octave-optics
Uninstall octave-optics And Its Dependencies
To uninstall octave-optics and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove octave-optics
Remove octave-optics Configurations and Data
To remove octave-optics configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge octave-optics
Remove octave-optics configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove octave-optics configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge octave-optics
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install octave-optics package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.