How To Install turing on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install turing
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is turing
turing is:
Turing is a free and cross-platform app whose main goal is to assist the learning of algorithms and programming languages by providing easy-to-use development tools to all.
It provides a lighter alternative to the well-known Algobox, which is the currently de-facto widely used solution.
It provides two work modes:
- Algorithm mode
- Uses a “natural” pseudocode language similar to the one used in Algobox and school books.
- Assisted development
- Program mode
- Uses Python, for the more experienced
In both modes, the code can be debugged and executed step-by-step to facilitate the problem-solving side of development.
There are three methods to install turing
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install turing Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install turing
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install turing
Install turing Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install turing
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install turing
Install turing 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 turing
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install turing
How To Uninstall turing on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the turing
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove turing
Uninstall turing And Its Dependencies
To uninstall turing
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove turing
Remove turing Configurations and Data
To remove turing
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge turing
Remove turing configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove turing
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge turing
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install turing
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.