How To Install science-workflow on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install science-workflow on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is science-workflow
science-workflow is:
This task lists some packages providing workflow management systems useful for scientific research.
There are three methods to install science-workflow on Ubuntu 20.04. 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-workflow 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-workflow using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install science-workflow
Install science-workflow Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install science-workflow using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install science-workflow
Install science-workflow 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-workflow using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install science-workflow
How To Uninstall science-workflow on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the science-workflow package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove science-workflow
Uninstall science-workflow And Its Dependencies
To uninstall science-workflow and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove science-workflow
Remove science-workflow Configurations and Data
To remove science-workflow configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge science-workflow
Remove science-workflow configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove science-workflow configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge science-workflow
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install science-workflow package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.