How To Install python-quintuple on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-quintuple on Ubuntu 18.04. python-quintuple is 5-qubit quantum computer simulator (Python 2)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-quintuple on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is python-quintuple

python-quintuple is:

Quintuple is a python library that can be used to simulate the operation of an idealized 5-qubit quantum computer.

This package installs the library for Python 2.

There are three methods to install python-quintuple 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-quintuple 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-quintuple using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python-quintuple

Install python-quintuple Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install python-quintuple using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install python-quintuple

Install python-quintuple 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-quintuple using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python-quintuple

How To Uninstall python-quintuple on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the python-quintuple package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python-quintuple

Uninstall python-quintuple And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python-quintuple and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-quintuple

Remove python-quintuple Configurations and Data

To remove python-quintuple configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python-quintuple

Remove python-quintuple configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove python-quintuple configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-quintuple

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-quintuple package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.