How To Install xtensor-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install xtensor-doc on Ubuntu 18.04. xtensor-doc is documentation for xtensor

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install xtensor-doc on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is xtensor-doc

xtensor-doc is:

xtensor is a C++ library meant for numerical analysis with multi-dimensional array expressions.

xtensor provides:

  • an extensible expression system enabling lazy broadcasting.
  • an API following the idioms of the C++ standard library.
  • tools to manipulate array expressions and build upon xtensor.

Containers of xtensor are inspired by NumPy, the Python array programming library. In fact, xtensor can be used to process numpy data structures inplace using Python’s buffer protocol. For more details on the numpy bindings, check out the xtensor-python project.

This package provides the documentation.

There are three methods to install xtensor-doc 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 xtensor-doc Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install xtensor-doc using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install xtensor-doc

Install xtensor-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install xtensor-doc using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install xtensor-doc

Install xtensor-doc 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 xtensor-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install xtensor-doc

How To Uninstall xtensor-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the xtensor-doc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove xtensor-doc

Uninstall xtensor-doc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall xtensor-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove xtensor-doc

Remove xtensor-doc Configurations and Data

To remove xtensor-doc configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge xtensor-doc

Remove xtensor-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove xtensor-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xtensor-doc

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install xtensor-doc package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.