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