How To Install sympow-data on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install sympow-data on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is sympow-data
sympow-data is:
SYMPOW is a mathematical program to compute special values of symmetric power elliptic curve L-functions; it can compute up to about 64 digits of precision.
This package provides the essential SYMPOW architecture independent material, namely shared data and scripts.
There are three methods to install sympow-data 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 sympow-data Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install sympow-data using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install sympow-data
Install sympow-data Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install sympow-data using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install sympow-data
Install sympow-data 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 sympow-data using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install sympow-data
How To Uninstall sympow-data on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the sympow-data package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove sympow-data
Uninstall sympow-data And Its Dependencies
To uninstall sympow-data and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove sympow-data
Remove sympow-data Configurations and Data
To remove sympow-data configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge sympow-data
Remove sympow-data configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove sympow-data configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge sympow-data
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install sympow-data package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
