How To Install cl-fftw3 on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install cl-fftw3 on Ubuntu 18.04. cl-fftw3 is Common Lisp package for using the FFTW3 library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cl-fftw3 on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is cl-fftw3

cl-fftw3 is:

This package provides an interface for Common Lisp programs to use the FFTW3 Fourier transform library. A number of higher-level interfaces has been added in addition to the native interface to the FFTW3 C-based library.

There are three methods to install cl-fftw3 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 cl-fftw3 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install cl-fftw3 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install cl-fftw3

Install cl-fftw3 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install cl-fftw3 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install cl-fftw3

Install cl-fftw3 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 cl-fftw3 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install cl-fftw3

How To Uninstall cl-fftw3 on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the cl-fftw3 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove cl-fftw3

Uninstall cl-fftw3 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall cl-fftw3 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove cl-fftw3

Remove cl-fftw3 Configurations and Data

To remove cl-fftw3 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge cl-fftw3

Remove cl-fftw3 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove cl-fftw3 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cl-fftw3

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install cl-fftw3 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.