How To Install mpsolve 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 mpsolve on Ubuntu.
What is mpsolve
mpsolve is:
A polynomial rootfinder that can determine arbitrary precision approximations with guaranteed inclusion radii. It supports exploiting of polynomial structures such as sparsisty and allows for polynomial implicitly defined or in some non standard basis.
This package contains the command line version of MPSolve.
There are three methods to install mpsolve 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 mpsolve Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install mpsolve using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mpsolve
Install mpsolve Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mpsolve using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mpsolve
Install mpsolve 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 mpsolve using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mpsolve
How To Uninstall mpsolve on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the mpsolve package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mpsolve
Uninstall mpsolve And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mpsolve and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mpsolve
Remove mpsolve Configurations and Data
To remove mpsolve configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mpsolve
Remove mpsolve configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mpsolve configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mpsolve
Dependencies
mpsolve have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mpsolve package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.