How To Install slang-pvm on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install slang-pvm on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is slang-pvm
slang-pvm is:
PVM (Parallel Virtual Machine) is a software package which permits a heterogeneous collection computers connected by a network to be used as a single large parallel computer.
The S-Lang PVM module provides a S-Lang interface to PVM. By organizing distributed computations with S-Lang, one gains the advantages of programming in an interpreted language.
With this approach, one can make efficient use of all available computer resources: high level logic is handled in interpreted code, CPU intensive work is done in compiled code and PVM simplifies using all available CPUs.
There are three methods to install slang-pvm 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 slang-pvm Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install slang-pvm using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install slang-pvm
Install slang-pvm Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install slang-pvm using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install slang-pvm
Install slang-pvm 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 slang-pvm using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install slang-pvm
How To Uninstall slang-pvm on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the slang-pvm package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove slang-pvm
Uninstall slang-pvm And Its Dependencies
To uninstall slang-pvm and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove slang-pvm
Remove slang-pvm Configurations and Data
To remove slang-pvm configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge slang-pvm
Remove slang-pvm configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove slang-pvm configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge slang-pvm
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install slang-pvm package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
