How To Install yorick-hdf5 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install yorick-hdf5 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is yorick-hdf5
yorick-hdf5 is:
HDF5 is the yorick interface plugin to the NCSA Hierarchical Data Format version 5. It includes function for reading, writing, updating, getting information on HDF5 files.
There are three methods to install yorick-hdf5 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 yorick-hdf5 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install yorick-hdf5 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install yorick-hdf5
Install yorick-hdf5 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install yorick-hdf5 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install yorick-hdf5
Install yorick-hdf5 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 yorick-hdf5 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install yorick-hdf5
How To Uninstall yorick-hdf5 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the yorick-hdf5 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove yorick-hdf5
Uninstall yorick-hdf5 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall yorick-hdf5 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove yorick-hdf5
Remove yorick-hdf5 Configurations and Data
To remove yorick-hdf5 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge yorick-hdf5
Remove yorick-hdf5 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove yorick-hdf5 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge yorick-hdf5
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install yorick-hdf5 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
