How To Install looptools on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install looptools on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is looptools
looptools is:
LoopTools is a package for evaluation of scalar and tensor one-loop integrals based on the FF package by G.J. van Oldenborgh. It features an easy Fortran, C++, and Mathematica interface to the scalar one-loop functions of FF and in addition provides the 2-, 3-, and 4-point tensor coefficient functions.
This package provides program file, lt, of LoopTools.
There are three methods to install looptools on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install looptools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install looptools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install looptools
Install looptools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install looptools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install looptools
Install looptools 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 looptools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install looptools
How To Uninstall looptools on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the looptools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove looptools
Uninstall looptools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall looptools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove looptools
Remove looptools Configurations and Data
To remove looptools configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge looptools
Remove looptools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove looptools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge looptools
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install looptools package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
