How To Install libsiconos-io6 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 libsiconos-io6 on Ubuntu.

What is `libsiconos-io6`

libsiconos-io6 is:

Siconos is an open-source scientific software primarily targeted at modeling and simulating nonsmooth dynamical systems in C++ and in Python:

Mechanical systems (rigid or solid) with unilateral contact and Coulomb friction and impact (nonsmooth mechanics, contact dynamics, multibody systems dynamics or granular materials).
Switched Electrical Circuit such as electrical circuits with ideal and piecewise linear components: power converter, rectifier, Phase-Locked Loop (PLL) or Analog-to-Digital converter.
Sliding mode control systems.
Biology (Gene regulatory network). Other applications are found in Systems and Control (hybrid systems, differential inclusions, optimal control with state constraints), Optimization (Complementarity systems and Variational inequalities), Fluid Mechanics, and Computer Graphics.

This package contains the library for the I/O component of Siconos.

There are three methods to install libsiconos-io6 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 libsiconos-io6 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libsiconos-io6 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libsiconos-io6

Install libsiconos-io6 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libsiconos-io6 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libsiconos-io6

Install libsiconos-io6 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 libsiconos-io6 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libsiconos-io6

How To Uninstall libsiconos-io6 on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the libsiconos-io6 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libsiconos-io6

Uninstall libsiconos-io6 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libsiconos-io6 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsiconos-io6

Remove libsiconos-io6 Configurations and Data

To remove libsiconos-io6 configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libsiconos-io6

Remove libsiconos-io6 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libsiconos-io6 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libsiconos-io6

Dependencies

libsiconos-io6 have the following dependencies:

References

libsiconos-io6 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsiconos-io6 package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.