How To Install reprozip 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 reprozip on Ubuntu.
What is reprozip
reprozip is:
ReproZip is a tool aimed at simplifying the process of creating reproducible experiments from command-line executions, a frequently-used common denominator in computational science.
It tracks operating system calls and creates a package that contains all the binaries, files and dependencies required to run a given command on the author’s computational environment (packing step). A reviewer can then extract the experiment in his environment to reproduce the results (unpacking step).
This package provides the ReproZip packer.
There are three methods to install reprozip 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 reprozip Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install reprozip using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install reprozip
Install reprozip Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install reprozip using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install reprozip
Install reprozip 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 reprozip using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install reprozip
How To Uninstall reprozip on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the reprozip package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove reprozip
Uninstall reprozip And Its Dependencies
To uninstall reprozip and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove reprozip
Remove reprozip Configurations and Data
To remove reprozip configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge reprozip
Remove reprozip configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove reprozip configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge reprozip
Dependencies
reprozip have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install reprozip package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.