How To Install python-pynfft on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-pynfft on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-pynfft
python-pynfft is:
This package provides Python bindings to the NFFT library, useful for performing Fourier transforms on non-uniformly sampled data with efficient speed. The bindings were generated using Cython and abstract the creation and execution of NFFT plans out using classes.
This package provides the Python 2 version of the bindings.
There are three methods to install python-pynfft 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-pynfft 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-pynfft using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-pynfft
Install python-pynfft Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-pynfft using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-pynfft
Install python-pynfft 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-pynfft using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-pynfft
How To Uninstall python-pynfft on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-pynfft package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-pynfft
Uninstall python-pynfft And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-pynfft and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-pynfft
Remove python-pynfft Configurations and Data
To remove python-pynfft configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-pynfft
Remove python-pynfft configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-pynfft configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-pynfft
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-pynfft package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
