How To Install nlopt-doc 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 nlopt-doc on Ubuntu.
What is nlopt-doc
nlopt-doc is:
NLopt is a free/open-source library for nonlinear optimization, providing a common interface for a number of different free optimization routines available online as well as original implementations of various other algorithms. Its features include:
* Callable from C, C++, Fortran, GNU Octave, Python, GNU Guile, GNU R.
* A common interface for many different algorithms
* Support for large-scale optimization.
* Both global and local optimization algorithms.
* Algorithms using function values only (derivative-free) and also
algorithms exploiting user-supplied gradients.
* Algorithms for unconstrained optimization, bound-constrained optimization,
and general nonlinear inequality/equality constraints.
This package provides the HTML documentation for nlopt.
There are three methods to install nlopt-doc 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 nlopt-doc Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install nlopt-doc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install nlopt-doc
Install nlopt-doc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install nlopt-doc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install nlopt-doc
Install nlopt-doc 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 nlopt-doc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install nlopt-doc
How To Uninstall nlopt-doc on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the nlopt-doc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove nlopt-doc
Uninstall nlopt-doc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall nlopt-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove nlopt-doc
Remove nlopt-doc Configurations and Data
To remove nlopt-doc configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge nlopt-doc
Remove nlopt-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove nlopt-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nlopt-doc
Dependencies
nlopt-doc have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nlopt-doc package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.