How To Install libopenblas-base on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
2 minutes • 400 words
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libopenblas-base on Ubuntu.
What is libopenblas-base
libopenblas-base is:
OpenBLAS is an optimized BLAS library based on GotoBLAS2 1.13 BSD version.
On amd64, arm64, i386, ppc64el, s390x, kfreebsd-amd64 and kfreebsd-i386, all kernels are included in the library and the one matching best your processor is selected at runtime.
On other architectures, for maximum performance, you may want to rebuild OpenBLAS locally, see the section: “Building an optimized OpenBLAS package for your machine” in README.Debian.
This is a transitional dummy package, which can be safely removed.
There are three methods to install libopenblas-base 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 libopenblas-base Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libopenblas-base using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libopenblas-base
Install libopenblas-base Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libopenblas-base using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libopenblas-base
Install libopenblas-base 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 libopenblas-base using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libopenblas-base
How To Uninstall libopenblas-base on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the libopenblas-base package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libopenblas-base
Uninstall libopenblas-base And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libopenblas-base and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libopenblas-base
Remove libopenblas-base Configurations and Data
To remove libopenblas-base configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libopenblas-base
Remove libopenblas-base configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libopenblas-base configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libopenblas-base
Dependencies
libopenblas-base have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libopenblas-base package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.