How To Install octave-sockets on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install octave-sockets on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is octave-sockets
octave-sockets is:
This package provides functions to work with sockets in octave, mimicking the Unix socket API (socket, connect, disconnect, gethostbyname, send, recv, bind, listen, and accept)
This Octave add-on package is part of the Octave-Forge project.
There are three methods to install octave-sockets 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-sockets 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-sockets using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install octave-sockets
Install octave-sockets Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install octave-sockets using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install octave-sockets
Install octave-sockets 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-sockets using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install octave-sockets
How To Uninstall octave-sockets on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the octave-sockets package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove octave-sockets
Uninstall octave-sockets And Its Dependencies
To uninstall octave-sockets and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove octave-sockets
Remove octave-sockets Configurations and Data
To remove octave-sockets configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge octave-sockets
Remove octave-sockets configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove octave-sockets configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge octave-sockets
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install octave-sockets package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
