How To Install pi on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pi on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is pi
pi is:
This program computes Archimedes’ constant Pi to arbitrary precision. It is extremely fast and the precision is only limited by your machine’s main memory.
This is a teaser for the CLN library, to which the actual computation is delegated. You may use these decimal digits as random digits or search them for hidden messages. :-)
There are three methods to install pi 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 pi Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install pi using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install pi
Install pi Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install pi using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install pi
Install pi 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 pi using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install pi
How To Uninstall pi on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the pi package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove pi
Uninstall pi And Its Dependencies
To uninstall pi and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove pi
Remove pi Configurations and Data
To remove pi configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge pi
Remove pi configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove pi configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pi
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pi package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
