How To Install octave-quaternion on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install octave-quaternion on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is octave-quaternion
octave-quaternion is:
This package implements the manipulation of quaternions used for frame transformation. It runs under Octave, a scientific computation software.
This Octave add-on package is part of the Octave-Forge project.
There are three methods to install octave-quaternion 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-quaternion 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-quaternion using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install octave-quaternion
Install octave-quaternion Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install octave-quaternion using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install octave-quaternion
Install octave-quaternion 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-quaternion using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install octave-quaternion
How To Uninstall octave-quaternion on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the octave-quaternion package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove octave-quaternion
Uninstall octave-quaternion And Its Dependencies
To uninstall octave-quaternion and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove octave-quaternion
Remove octave-quaternion Configurations and Data
To remove octave-quaternion configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge octave-quaternion
Remove octave-quaternion configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove octave-quaternion configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge octave-quaternion
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install octave-quaternion package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
