How To Install python-emcee on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-emcee on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-emcee
python-emcee is:
emcee is an extensible, pure-Python implementation of Goodman & Weare’s Affine Invariant Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) Ensemble sampler. It’s designed for Bayesian parameter estimation.
This is the Python 2 package.
There are three methods to install python-emcee 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 python-emcee Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install python-emcee using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-emcee
Install python-emcee Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-emcee using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-emcee
Install python-emcee 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 python-emcee using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-emcee
How To Uninstall python-emcee on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-emcee package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-emcee
Uninstall python-emcee And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-emcee and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-emcee
Remove python-emcee Configurations and Data
To remove python-emcee configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-emcee
Remove python-emcee configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-emcee configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-emcee
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-emcee package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
