How To Install julia-doc on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install julia-doc on Ubuntu 20.04. julia-doc is high-performance programming language for technical computing (documentation)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install julia-doc on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is julia-doc

julia-doc is:

Julia is a high-level, high-performance dynamic programming language for technical computing, with syntax that is familiar to users of other technical computing environments. It provides a sophisticated compiler, distributed parallel execution, numerical accuracy, and an extensive mathematical function library. The library, mostly written in Julia itself, also integrates mature, best-of-breed C and Fortran libraries for linear algebra, random number generation, FFTs, and string processing. Julia programs are organized around defining functions, and overloading them for different combinations of argument types (which can also be user-defined).

This package contains the Julia manual, which describes the language and its standard library. It also contains example Julia programs.

There are three methods to install julia-doc 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 julia-doc Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install julia-doc

Install julia-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install julia-doc

Install julia-doc 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 julia-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install julia-doc

How To Uninstall julia-doc on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the julia-doc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove julia-doc

Uninstall julia-doc And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove julia-doc

Remove julia-doc Configurations and Data

To remove julia-doc configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge julia-doc

Remove julia-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge julia-doc

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Summary

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