How To Install liblapack3 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 liblapack3 on Ubuntu.
What is liblapack3
liblapack3 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 shared version of the library.
There are three methods to install liblapack3 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 liblapack3 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install liblapack3 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install liblapack3
Install liblapack3 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install liblapack3 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install liblapack3
Install liblapack3 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 liblapack3 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install liblapack3
How To Uninstall liblapack3 on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the liblapack3 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove liblapack3
Uninstall liblapack3 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall liblapack3 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove liblapack3
Remove liblapack3 Configurations and Data
To remove liblapack3 configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge liblapack3
Remove liblapack3 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove liblapack3 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge liblapack3
Dependencies
liblapack3 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install liblapack3 package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.