How To Install spigot on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install spigot on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is spigot
spigot is:
spigot is an exact real calculator: that is, you give it a mathematical expression to evaluate, and it computes it to any desired precision, by default simply printing digits to standard output until it is interrupted.
There are three methods to install spigot 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 spigot Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install spigot using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install spigot
Install spigot Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install spigot using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install spigot
Install spigot 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 spigot using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install spigot
How To Uninstall spigot on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the spigot package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove spigot
Uninstall spigot And Its Dependencies
To uninstall spigot and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove spigot
Remove spigot Configurations and Data
To remove spigot configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge spigot
Remove spigot configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove spigot configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge spigot
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install spigot package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
