How To Install psignifit on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install psignifit on Ubuntu 22.04. psignifit is Fitting and testing hypotheses about psychometric functions

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install psignifit on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is psignifit

psignifit is:

Psignifit allows fitting of psychometric functions to datasets while maintaining full control over a large number of parameters. Data can either be read from text files or passed through a pipe.

Psignifit performs the calculation of confidence intervals as well as goodness-of-fit tests.

This is the command line version.

Please note: This is the legacy version 2.x of psignifit.

There are three methods to install psignifit 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 psignifit Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install psignifit

Install psignifit Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install psignifit using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install psignifit

Install psignifit 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 psignifit using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install psignifit

How To Uninstall psignifit on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the psignifit package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove psignifit

Uninstall psignifit And Its Dependencies

To uninstall psignifit and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove psignifit

Remove psignifit Configurations and Data

To remove psignifit configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge psignifit

Remove psignifit configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge psignifit

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install psignifit package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.