How To Install cantor-backend-scilab on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install cantor-backend-scilab on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is cantor-backend-scilab
cantor-backend-scilab is:
Cantor is an application to allow you to you use your favorite mathematical applications from within an elegant worksheet interface. It provides dialogs to assist with common tasks and allows you to share your worksheets with others.
This package provides the backend for using the Scilab scientific software package for numerical computations (https://www.scilab.org) in Cantor.
This package is part of the KDE education module.
There are three methods to install cantor-backend-scilab 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 cantor-backend-scilab Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install cantor-backend-scilab using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install cantor-backend-scilab
Install cantor-backend-scilab Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install cantor-backend-scilab using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install cantor-backend-scilab
Install cantor-backend-scilab 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 cantor-backend-scilab using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install cantor-backend-scilab
How To Uninstall cantor-backend-scilab on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the cantor-backend-scilab package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove cantor-backend-scilab
Uninstall cantor-backend-scilab And Its Dependencies
To uninstall cantor-backend-scilab and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove cantor-backend-scilab
Remove cantor-backend-scilab Configurations and Data
To remove cantor-backend-scilab configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge cantor-backend-scilab
Remove cantor-backend-scilab configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove cantor-backend-scilab configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cantor-backend-scilab
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cantor-backend-scilab package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
