How To Install rivet-plugins-data on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install rivet-plugins-data on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is rivet-plugins-data
rivet-plugins-data is:
Rivet is a toolkit for validation of Monte Carlo event generators. Using a computationally efficient model for observable computations, Rivet provides a set of experimental analyses useful for generator sanity checks, as well as a convenient infrastructure for adding your own analysis.
This package provides data files of Rivet analysis plugins.
There are three methods to install rivet-plugins-data 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 rivet-plugins-data Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install rivet-plugins-data using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install rivet-plugins-data
Install rivet-plugins-data Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install rivet-plugins-data using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install rivet-plugins-data
Install rivet-plugins-data 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 rivet-plugins-data using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install rivet-plugins-data
How To Uninstall rivet-plugins-data on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the rivet-plugins-data package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove rivet-plugins-data
Uninstall rivet-plugins-data And Its Dependencies
To uninstall rivet-plugins-data and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove rivet-plugins-data
Remove rivet-plugins-data Configurations and Data
To remove rivet-plugins-data configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge rivet-plugins-data
Remove rivet-plugins-data configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove rivet-plugins-data configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge rivet-plugins-data
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install rivet-plugins-data package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
