How To Install singular-dev-doc on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install singular-dev-doc on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is singular-dev-doc
singular-dev-doc is:
SINGULAR is a Computer Algebra System (CAS) for polynomial computations with emphasis on the special needs of commutative algebra, algebraic geometry, and singularity theory.
This package contains the developer documentation in HTML and PDF formats.
There are three methods to install singular-dev-doc 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 singular-dev-doc Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install singular-dev-doc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install singular-dev-doc
Install singular-dev-doc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install singular-dev-doc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install singular-dev-doc
Install singular-dev-doc 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 singular-dev-doc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install singular-dev-doc
How To Uninstall singular-dev-doc on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the singular-dev-doc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove singular-dev-doc
Uninstall singular-dev-doc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall singular-dev-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove singular-dev-doc
Remove singular-dev-doc Configurations and Data
To remove singular-dev-doc configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge singular-dev-doc
Remove singular-dev-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove singular-dev-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge singular-dev-doc
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install singular-dev-doc package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
