How To Install liblapack-dev 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 liblapack-dev on Ubuntu.
What is liblapack-dev
liblapack-dev is:
LAPACK version 3.X is a comprehensive FORTRAN library that does linear algebra operations including matrix inversions, least squared solutions to linear sets of equations, eigenvector analysis, singular value decomposition, etc. It is a very comprehensive and reputable package that has found extensive use in the scientific community.
This package contains a static version of the library.
There are three methods to install liblapack-dev 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 liblapack-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install liblapack-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install liblapack-dev
Install liblapack-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install liblapack-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install liblapack-dev
Install liblapack-dev 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 liblapack-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install liblapack-dev
How To Uninstall liblapack-dev on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the liblapack-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove liblapack-dev
Uninstall liblapack-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall liblapack-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove liblapack-dev
Remove liblapack-dev Configurations and Data
To remove liblapack-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge liblapack-dev
Remove liblapack-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove liblapack-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge liblapack-dev
Dependencies
liblapack-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install liblapack-dev package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.