How To Install libplfit0 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 libplfit0 on Ubuntu.
What is libplfit0
libplfit0 is:
The plfit software fits power-law distributions to empirical (discrete or continuous) data, according to the method of Clauset, Shalizi and Newman [SIAM Review 51, 661-703 (2009)].
This package provides the shared library required to run programs compiled against the plfit library. To compile your own programs you also need to install the libplfit-dev package.
There are three methods to install libplfit0 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 libplfit0 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libplfit0 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libplfit0
Install libplfit0 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libplfit0 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libplfit0
Install libplfit0 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 libplfit0 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libplfit0
How To Uninstall libplfit0 on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the libplfit0 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libplfit0
Uninstall libplfit0 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libplfit0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libplfit0
Remove libplfit0 Configurations and Data
To remove libplfit0 configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libplfit0
Remove libplfit0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libplfit0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libplfit0
Dependencies
libplfit0 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libplfit0 package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.