How To Install ruby-narray on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-narray on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is ruby-narray
ruby-narray is:
NArray is an extension library for Ruby that provides fast calculation and easy manipulation of large numerical arrays with the Ruby language. It has numerical n-dimensional array class as well as vector and matrix subclasses, which can contain 1/2/4-byte Integer, single/double-precision Real/Complex and Ruby Object.
There are three methods to install ruby-narray 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 ruby-narray Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ruby-narray using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ruby-narray
Install ruby-narray Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ruby-narray using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ruby-narray
Install ruby-narray 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 ruby-narray using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ruby-narray
How To Uninstall ruby-narray on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the ruby-narray package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ruby-narray
Uninstall ruby-narray And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ruby-narray and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-narray
Remove ruby-narray Configurations and Data
To remove ruby-narray configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-narray
Remove ruby-narray configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ruby-narray configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-narray
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-narray package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
