How To Install phcpack 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 phcpack on Ubuntu.
What is phcpack
phcpack is:
PHCpack is a software package to solve polynomial systems by homotopy continuation methods.
A polynomial system is given as a sequence of polynomials in several variables. Homotopy continuation methods operate in two stages. In the first stage, a family of polynomial systems (the so-called homotopy) is constructed. This homotopy contains a polynomial system with known solutions. In the second stage, numerical continuation methods are applied to track the solution paths defined by the homotopy, starting at the known solutions and leading to the solutions of the given polynomial system.
This package contains the command line interface to PHCpack.
There are three methods to install phcpack 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 phcpack Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install phcpack using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install phcpack
Install phcpack Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install phcpack using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install phcpack
Install phcpack 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 phcpack using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install phcpack
How To Uninstall phcpack on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the phcpack package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove phcpack
Uninstall phcpack And Its Dependencies
To uninstall phcpack and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove phcpack
Remove phcpack Configurations and Data
To remove phcpack configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge phcpack
Remove phcpack configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove phcpack configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge phcpack
Dependencies
phcpack have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install phcpack package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.