How To Install splash on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install splash on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is splash
splash is:
This (formerly SUPERSPHPLOT) is a visualisation tool for output from (astrophysical) simulations using the Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) method in one, two and three dimensions. It is written in Fortran 90 and can utilise the PGPLOT graphics subroutine library to do the actual plotting. It is based around a command-line menu structure but utilises the interactive capabilities of PGPLOT to manipulate data interactively in the plotting window.
There are three methods to install splash 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 splash Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install splash using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install splash
Install splash Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install splash using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install splash
Install splash 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 splash using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install splash
How To Uninstall splash on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the splash package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove splash
Uninstall splash And Its Dependencies
To uninstall splash and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove splash
Remove splash Configurations and Data
To remove splash configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge splash
Remove splash configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove splash configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge splash
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install splash package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
