How To Install cadabra2 on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install cadabra2
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is cadabra2
cadabra2 is:
This is a computer algebra system designed specifically for the solution of problems encountered in field theory. It has extensive functionality for tensor polynomial simplification including multi-term symmetries, fermions and anti-commuting variables, Clifford algebras and Fierz transformations, implicit coordinate dependence, multiple index types and many more. The input format is a subset of TeX.
There are three methods to install cadabra2
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 cadabra2 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install cadabra2
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install cadabra2
Install cadabra2 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install cadabra2
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install cadabra2
Install cadabra2 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 cadabra2
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install cadabra2
How To Uninstall cadabra2 on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the cadabra2
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove cadabra2
Uninstall cadabra2 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall cadabra2
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove cadabra2
Remove cadabra2 Configurations and Data
To remove cadabra2
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge cadabra2
Remove cadabra2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove cadabra2
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cadabra2
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cadabra2
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.