How To Install ratpoints on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ratpoints on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is ratpoints
ratpoints is:
This program tries to find all rational points within a given height bound on a hyperelliptic curve in a very efficient way, by using an optimized quadratic sieve algorithm.
There are three methods to install ratpoints 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 ratpoints Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ratpoints using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ratpoints
Install ratpoints Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ratpoints using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ratpoints
Install ratpoints 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 ratpoints using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ratpoints
How To Uninstall ratpoints on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the ratpoints package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ratpoints
Uninstall ratpoints And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ratpoints and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ratpoints
Remove ratpoints Configurations and Data
To remove ratpoints configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ratpoints
Remove ratpoints configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ratpoints configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ratpoints
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ratpoints package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
