How To Install python-sasmodels on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-sasmodels on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-sasmodels
python-sasmodels is:
sasmodels is a Python module for calculating theoretical Small Angle Scattering patterns. The models provided are usable directly in the bumps fitting package and in the sasview analysis package.
This package contains the Python 2 version of the module.
There are three methods to install python-sasmodels 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-sasmodels 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-sasmodels using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-sasmodels
Install python-sasmodels Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-sasmodels using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-sasmodels
Install python-sasmodels 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-sasmodels using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-sasmodels
How To Uninstall python-sasmodels on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-sasmodels package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-sasmodels
Uninstall python-sasmodels And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-sasmodels and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-sasmodels
Remove python-sasmodels Configurations and Data
To remove python-sasmodels configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-sasmodels
Remove python-sasmodels configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-sasmodels configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-sasmodels
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-sasmodels package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
