How To Install octave-signal on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install octave-signal on Ubuntu 20.04. octave-signal is signal processing functions for Octave

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install octave-signal on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is octave-signal

octave-signal is:

This package provides signal processing tools including filtering, windowing and display functions in octave.

Blackman-Harris, Blackman-Nuttall and Bohman are among the windowing functions and filters include Chebyshev type filters and butterworth filters.

Additionally, some wavelet functions are included.

This Octave add-on package is part of the Octave-Forge project.

There are three methods to install octave-signal 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 octave-signal Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install octave-signal

Install octave-signal Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install octave-signal

Install octave-signal 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 octave-signal using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install octave-signal

How To Uninstall octave-signal on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the octave-signal package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove octave-signal

Uninstall octave-signal And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove octave-signal

Remove octave-signal Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge octave-signal

Remove octave-signal configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge octave-signal

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Summary

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