How To Install octave-specfun on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install octave-specfun on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is octave-specfun
octave-specfun is:
This package provides special mathematical functions for octave, including elliptic functions, sine integral, exponential integrals, Dirac delta distribution, and the Riemann zeta function.
This Octave add-on package is part of the Octave-Forge project.
There are three methods to install octave-specfun 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-specfun 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-specfun using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install octave-specfun
Install octave-specfun Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install octave-specfun using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install octave-specfun
Install octave-specfun 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-specfun using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install octave-specfun
How To Uninstall octave-specfun on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the octave-specfun package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove octave-specfun
Uninstall octave-specfun And Its Dependencies
To uninstall octave-specfun and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove octave-specfun
Remove octave-specfun Configurations and Data
To remove octave-specfun configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge octave-specfun
Remove octave-specfun configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove octave-specfun configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge octave-specfun
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install octave-specfun package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.