How To Install plfit 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 plfit on Ubuntu.
What is plfit
plfit 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 two command line utilities, plfit and plgen.
There are three methods to install plfit 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 plfit Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install plfit using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install plfit
Install plfit Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install plfit using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install plfit
Install plfit 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 plfit using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install plfit
How To Uninstall plfit on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the plfit package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove plfit
Uninstall plfit And Its Dependencies
To uninstall plfit and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove plfit
Remove plfit Configurations and Data
To remove plfit configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge plfit
Remove plfit configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove plfit configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge plfit
Dependencies
plfit have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install plfit package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.