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