How To Install elpa-fricas on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-fricas on Ubuntu.
What is elpa-fricas
elpa-fricas is:
Fricas is useful for research and development of mathematical algorithms. It defines a strongly typed, mathematically correct type hierarchy. It has a programming language and a built-in compiler.
Fricas has been in development since 1973 and was sold as a commercial product. It has been released as free software.
Efforts are underway to extend this software to (a) develop a better user interface (b) make it useful as a teaching tool (c) develop an algebra server protocol (d) integrate additional mathematics (e) rebuild the algebra in a literate programming style (f) integrate logic programming (g) develop an Fricas Journal with refereed submissions.
This package contains support for running Fricas under emacs.
There are three methods to install elpa-fricas on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install elpa-fricas Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install elpa-fricas using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install elpa-fricas
Install elpa-fricas Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install elpa-fricas using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install elpa-fricas
Install elpa-fricas 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 elpa-fricas using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install elpa-fricas
How To Uninstall elpa-fricas on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the elpa-fricas package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove elpa-fricas
Uninstall elpa-fricas And Its Dependencies
To uninstall elpa-fricas and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove elpa-fricas
Remove elpa-fricas Configurations and Data
To remove elpa-fricas configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge elpa-fricas
Remove elpa-fricas configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove elpa-fricas configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge elpa-fricas
Dependencies
elpa-fricas have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install elpa-fricas package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.