How To Install flintqs on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install flintqs on Ubuntu 22.04. flintqs is Program using quadratic sieve to factor integers

Introduction

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

What is flintqs

flintqs is:

This package includes William Hart’s program to find prime factors of large integers (at least forty digits).

It does so using highly optimized multi-polynomial quadratic sieve.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install flintqs

Install flintqs Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install flintqs

Install flintqs 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 flintqs using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install flintqs

How To Uninstall flintqs on Ubuntu 22.04

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

sudo apt-get remove flintqs

Uninstall flintqs And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove flintqs

Remove flintqs Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge flintqs

Remove flintqs configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge flintqs

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Summary

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