How To Install coinor-libvol0 on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install coinor-libvol0 on Ubuntu 18.04. coinor-libvol0 is Coin-or linear programming solver

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install coinor-libvol0 on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is coinor-libvol0

coinor-libvol0 is:

Vol (Volume Algorithm) is a linear programming solver based on the subgradient method.

Vol is part of COIN-OR (COmputational INfrastructure for Operations Research) project which is an initiative to spur the development of open-source software in operational research - mathematical optimization algorithms.

This package contains the binaries and libraries.

There are three methods to install coinor-libvol0 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 coinor-libvol0 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install coinor-libvol0 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install coinor-libvol0

Install coinor-libvol0 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install coinor-libvol0 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install coinor-libvol0

Install coinor-libvol0 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 coinor-libvol0 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install coinor-libvol0

How To Uninstall coinor-libvol0 on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the coinor-libvol0 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove coinor-libvol0

Uninstall coinor-libvol0 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall coinor-libvol0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove coinor-libvol0

Remove coinor-libvol0 Configurations and Data

To remove coinor-libvol0 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge coinor-libvol0

Remove coinor-libvol0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove coinor-libvol0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge coinor-libvol0

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install coinor-libvol0 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.