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