How To Install mlpost on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mlpost
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is mlpost
mlpost is:
Mlpost is an OCaml library for scientific drawing. It relies on Metapost, giving the possibility to include (La)TeX fragments. Mlpost users can use the full power of OCaml to generate their diagrams, including static typing and the possibility to use any OCaml library. Moreover, Mlpost promotes a declarative style quite different from existing tools.
This package contains a command-line tool to ease the generation of PostScript or PDF figures directly from .ml files.
There are three methods to install mlpost
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 mlpost Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install mlpost
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mlpost
Install mlpost Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mlpost
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mlpost
Install mlpost 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 mlpost
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mlpost
How To Uninstall mlpost on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the mlpost
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mlpost
Uninstall mlpost And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mlpost
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mlpost
Remove mlpost Configurations and Data
To remove mlpost
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mlpost
Remove mlpost configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mlpost
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mlpost
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mlpost
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.