How To Install yorick on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install yorick on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is yorick
yorick is:
Yorick is an interpreted programming language for:
- scientific simulations or calculations
- postprocessing or steering large simulation codes
- interactive scientific graphics
- reading, writing, and translating large files of numbers
The language features a compact syntax for many common array operations, so it processes large arrays of numbers very quickly and efficiently. Superficially, yorick code resembles C code, but yorick variables are never explicitly declared and have a dynamic scoping similar to many Lisp dialects. The yorick language is designed to be typed interactively at a keyboard, as well as stored in files for later use.
This package includes an emacs-based development environment, which you can launch by typing M-x yorick in emacs.
Many add-on packages and plug-ins are available for Yorick (the package names begin with “yorick-”). You may want to install the yorick-full metapackage which depends on the vast majority of them.
There are three methods to install yorick 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 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 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install yorick
Install yorick Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install yorick using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install yorick
Install yorick 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 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install yorick
How To Uninstall yorick on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the yorick package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove yorick
Uninstall yorick And Its Dependencies
To uninstall yorick and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove yorick
Remove yorick Configurations and Data
To remove yorick configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge yorick
Remove yorick configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove yorick configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge yorick
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install yorick package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
