How To Install eclib-tools on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install eclib-tools on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is eclib-tools
eclib-tools is:
This package includes several programs to compute with elliptic curves over Q ; most notably mwrank (for 2-descent on elliptic curves over Q) and the modular symbol tools used to create the elliptic curve database.
There are three methods to install eclib-tools 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 eclib-tools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install eclib-tools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install eclib-tools
Install eclib-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install eclib-tools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install eclib-tools
Install eclib-tools 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 eclib-tools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install eclib-tools
How To Uninstall eclib-tools on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the eclib-tools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove eclib-tools
Uninstall eclib-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall eclib-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove eclib-tools
Remove eclib-tools Configurations and Data
To remove eclib-tools configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge eclib-tools
Remove eclib-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove eclib-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge eclib-tools
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install eclib-tools package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
