How To Install yorick-ynfft on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install yorick-ynfft on Ubuntu 18.04. yorick-ynfft is nonequispaced fast Fourier transform for Yorick

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install yorick-ynfft on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is yorick-ynfft

yorick-ynfft is:

YNFFT is a Yorick plug-in around the NFFT library for nonequispaced fast Fourier transform. For the usual (equispaced) Fourier transform, see the yorick-yeti-fftw package.

There are three methods to install yorick-ynfft 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-ynfft 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-ynfft using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install yorick-ynfft

Install yorick-ynfft Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install yorick-ynfft

Install yorick-ynfft 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-ynfft using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install yorick-ynfft

How To Uninstall yorick-ynfft on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the yorick-ynfft package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove yorick-ynfft

Uninstall yorick-ynfft And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove yorick-ynfft

Remove yorick-ynfft Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge yorick-ynfft

Remove yorick-ynfft configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge yorick-ynfft

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Summary

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