How To Install quantlib-examples on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install quantlib-examples on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is quantlib-examples
quantlib-examples is:
The QuantLib project aims to provide a comprehensive software framework for quantitative finance. The goal is to provide a standard free/open source library to quantitative analysts and developers for modeling, trading, and risk management of financial assets.
This package provides several example binaries as well as source code.
There are three methods to install quantlib-examples 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 quantlib-examples Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install quantlib-examples using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install quantlib-examples
Install quantlib-examples Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install quantlib-examples using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install quantlib-examples
Install quantlib-examples 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 quantlib-examples using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install quantlib-examples
How To Uninstall quantlib-examples on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the quantlib-examples package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove quantlib-examples
Uninstall quantlib-examples And Its Dependencies
To uninstall quantlib-examples and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove quantlib-examples
Remove quantlib-examples Configurations and Data
To remove quantlib-examples configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge quantlib-examples
Remove quantlib-examples configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove quantlib-examples configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge quantlib-examples
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install quantlib-examples package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
