How To Install pythia8-doc-html on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pythia8-doc-html on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is pythia8-doc-html
pythia8-doc-html is:
PYTHIA is a program for the generation of high-energy physics events, i.e. for the description of collisions at high energies between elementary particles such as e+, e-, p and pbar in various combinations. It contains theory and models for a number of physics aspects, including hard and soft interactions, parton distributions, initial- and final-state parton showers, multiple interactions, fragmentation and decay.
This package provides HTML documentation files of PYTHIA8.
There are three methods to install pythia8-doc-html 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 pythia8-doc-html Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install pythia8-doc-html using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install pythia8-doc-html
Install pythia8-doc-html Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install pythia8-doc-html using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install pythia8-doc-html
Install pythia8-doc-html 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 pythia8-doc-html using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install pythia8-doc-html
How To Uninstall pythia8-doc-html on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the pythia8-doc-html package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove pythia8-doc-html
Uninstall pythia8-doc-html And Its Dependencies
To uninstall pythia8-doc-html and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove pythia8-doc-html
Remove pythia8-doc-html Configurations and Data
To remove pythia8-doc-html configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge pythia8-doc-html
Remove pythia8-doc-html configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove pythia8-doc-html configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pythia8-doc-html
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pythia8-doc-html package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
