How To Install palp on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install palp on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is palp
palp is:
This package contains various tools to work with lattice polytopes:
- mori.x computes star triangulations of a polytope
- cws.x creates weight systems and combined weight systems
- class.x classifies reflexive polytopes
- poly.x computes data of a polytope
- nef.x computes Hodge numbers of nef-partitions
There are three methods to install palp 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 palp Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install palp using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install palp
Install palp Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install palp using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install palp
Install palp 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 palp using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install palp
How To Uninstall palp on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the palp package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove palp
Uninstall palp And Its Dependencies
To uninstall palp and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove palp
Remove palp Configurations and Data
To remove palp configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge palp
Remove palp configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove palp configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge palp
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install palp package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
