How To Install science-electronics on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install science-electronics on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is science-electronics
science-electronics is:
This metapackage will install Debian Science packages related to Electronics. You might also be interested in the field::electronics debtag and, depending on your focus, in the education-electronics metapackage.
There are three methods to install science-electronics 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-electronics 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-electronics using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install science-electronics
Install science-electronics Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install science-electronics using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install science-electronics
Install science-electronics 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-electronics using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install science-electronics
How To Uninstall science-electronics on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the science-electronics package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove science-electronics
Uninstall science-electronics And Its Dependencies
To uninstall science-electronics and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove science-electronics
Remove science-electronics Configurations and Data
To remove science-electronics configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge science-electronics
Remove science-electronics configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove science-electronics configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge science-electronics
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install science-electronics package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
