How To Install science-economics on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install science-economics on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is science-economics
science-economics is:
This metapackage will install Debian Science packages useful for economics and econometrics. It includes user-friendly programs for simulating and estimating macro-economic and micro-economic models. It also provides computing environments which can solve a wide range of problems typically encountered in economic research. These environments provide functionalities similar to those of popular non-free systems (such as MATLAB, Mathematica, Stata or SAS).
There are three methods to install science-economics 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 science-economics Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install science-economics using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install science-economics
Install science-economics Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install science-economics using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install science-economics
Install science-economics 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 science-economics using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install science-economics
How To Uninstall science-economics on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the science-economics package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove science-economics
Uninstall science-economics And Its Dependencies
To uninstall science-economics and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove science-economics
Remove science-economics Configurations and Data
To remove science-economics configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge science-economics
Remove science-economics configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove science-economics configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge science-economics
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install science-economics package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
