How To Install dpuser on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install dpuser on Ubuntu 20.04. dpuser is Interactive language for handling numbers, strings, and matrices

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install dpuser on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is dpuser

dpuser is:

DPUSER is an interactive language capable of handling numbers (both real and complex), strings, and matrices. Its main aim is to do astronomical image analysis, for which it provides a comprehensive set of functions, but it can also be used for many other applications.

Note that this package was compiled with the giza library instead of PGPLOT, since the latter is non-free software.

There are three methods to install dpuser on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install dpuser Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install dpuser

Install dpuser Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install dpuser using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install dpuser

Install dpuser 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 dpuser using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install dpuser

How To Uninstall dpuser on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the dpuser package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove dpuser

Uninstall dpuser And Its Dependencies

To uninstall dpuser and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove dpuser

Remove dpuser Configurations and Data

To remove dpuser configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge dpuser

Remove dpuser configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dpuser

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install dpuser package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.