How To Install dzedit on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dzedit on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is dzedit
dzedit is:
CERNLIB is a suite of data analysis tools and libraries created for use in physics experiments, but also with applications to other fields such as the biological sciences.
DZedit is an interactive interface to the DZDOC (ZEBRA documentation) system developed at CERN. ZEBRA, part of the Packlib library, allows the creation of complex data structures in the FORTRAN 77 language; the DZDOC system helps to generate and maintain documentation for ZEBRA data structures.
There are three methods to install dzedit 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 dzedit Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install dzedit using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install dzedit
Install dzedit Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install dzedit using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install dzedit
Install dzedit 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 dzedit using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install dzedit
How To Uninstall dzedit on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the dzedit package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove dzedit
Uninstall dzedit And Its Dependencies
To uninstall dzedit and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove dzedit
Remove dzedit Configurations and Data
To remove dzedit configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge dzedit
Remove dzedit configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove dzedit configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dzedit
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dzedit package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
