How To Install science-linguistics on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install science-linguistics on Ubuntu 18.04. science-linguistics is Debian Science Linguistics packages

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install science-linguistics on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is science-linguistics

science-linguistics is:

This metapackage is part of the Debian Pure Blend “Debian Science” and installs packages related to Linguistics.

There are three methods to install science-linguistics 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-linguistics 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-linguistics using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install science-linguistics

Install science-linguistics Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install science-linguistics using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install science-linguistics

Install science-linguistics 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-linguistics using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install science-linguistics

How To Uninstall science-linguistics on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the science-linguistics package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove science-linguistics

Uninstall science-linguistics And Its Dependencies

To uninstall science-linguistics and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove science-linguistics

Remove science-linguistics Configurations and Data

To remove science-linguistics configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge science-linguistics

Remove science-linguistics configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove science-linguistics configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge science-linguistics

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install science-linguistics package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.