How To Install primecount 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 primecount on Ubuntu.
What is primecount
primecount is:
primecount is a free software program and C/C++ library that counts the primes below an integer x <= 10^31 using highly optimized implementations of the combinatorial prime counting algorithms.
See https://github.com/kimwalisch/primecount for more information.
This dummy package provides the standard installation.
There are three methods to install primecount 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 primecount Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install primecount using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install primecount
Install primecount Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install primecount using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install primecount
Install primecount 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 primecount using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install primecount
How To Uninstall primecount on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the primecount package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove primecount
Uninstall primecount And Its Dependencies
To uninstall primecount and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove primecount
Remove primecount Configurations and Data
To remove primecount configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge primecount
Remove primecount configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove primecount configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge primecount
Dependencies
primecount have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install primecount package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.