How To Install science-config 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 science-config on Ubuntu.
What is science-config
science-config is:
This package provides the basic infrastructure of all science-* packages and is needed by them.
These are the science related metapackages in the Debian Science project:
- science-biology packages related to biology
- science-chemistry packages related to chemistry
- science-dataacquisition packages related to data acquisition
- science-dataacquisition-dev packages related to data acquisition development
- science-distributedcomputing distributed computing packages
- science-economics packages related to economics
- science-electrophysiology packages related to electrophysiology
- science-electronics packages related to electronics
- science-engineering packages related to engineering
- science-engineering-dev packages related to development of engineering applications
- science-financial packages related to financial engineering
- science-geography packages related to geography
- science-geometry packages related to geometry
- science-highenergy-physics packages related to high energy physics
- science-highenergy-physics-dev packages related to development of high energy physics applications
- science-linguistics packages related to linguistics
- science-machine-learning packages related to machine learning
- science-mathematics packages related to mathematics
- science-mathematics-dev packages related to development of mathematical applications
- science-meteorology packages related to meteorology and climate
- science-meteorology-dev packages related to the development of meteorology and climate applications
- science-nanoscale-physics packages related to nanoscale physics
- science-nanoscale-physics-dev packages useful for developing nanoscale physics applications
- science-neuroscience-cognitive packages related to cognitive neuroscience
- science-neuroscience-datasets packages for Neuroscience Datasets
- science-neuroscience-modeling packages for modeling of neural systems
- science-physics packages related to physics
- science-physics-dev packages related to development of physical applications
- science-psychophysics packages related to packages for psychophysics
- science-robotics packages related to robotics
- science-robotics-dev packages related to development of robotics applications
- science-simulation packages to do simulations
- science-social packages related to social sciences
This are metapackages for common utilities for all sciences:
- science-imageanalysis packages related to image analysis
- science-imageanalysis-dev packages related to image analysis development
- science-numericalcomputation packages related to numerical computation
- science-presentation packages related to presentation
- science-statistics packages related to statistics
- science-tools packages containing misc tools useful in science
- science-typesetting packages related to typesetting
- science-viewing packages related to viewing
- science-viewing-dev packages related to development of viewing applications
Note: All these packages are so called metapackages. This means they are not executable programs, but only links to other packages. This way you will conveniently get most of scientific free software which is available in Debian.
There are three methods to install science-config 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 science-config Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install science-config using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install science-config
Install science-config Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install science-config using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install science-config
Install science-config 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 science-config using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install science-config
How To Uninstall science-config on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the science-config package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove science-config
Uninstall science-config And Its Dependencies
To uninstall science-config and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove science-config
Remove science-config Configurations and Data
To remove science-config configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge science-config
Remove science-config configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove science-config configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge science-config
Dependencies
science-config have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install science-config package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.