How To Install liblapack-dev on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install liblapack-dev on Ubuntu 20.04. liblapack-dev is Library of linear algebra routines 3 - static version

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install liblapack-dev on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is liblapack-dev

liblapack-dev is:

LAPACK version 3.X is a comprehensive FORTRAN library that does linear algebra operations including matrix inversions, least squared solutions to linear sets of equations, eigenvector analysis, singular value decomposition, etc. It is a very comprehensive and reputable package that has found extensive use in the scientific community.

This package contains a static version of the library.

There are three methods to install liblapack-dev 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 liblapack-dev Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install liblapack-dev

Install liblapack-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install liblapack-dev

Install liblapack-dev 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 liblapack-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install liblapack-dev

How To Uninstall liblapack-dev on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the liblapack-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove liblapack-dev

Uninstall liblapack-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove liblapack-dev

Remove liblapack-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge liblapack-dev

Remove liblapack-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge liblapack-dev

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Summary

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