How To Install slang-gsl 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 slang-gsl on Ubuntu.
What is slang-gsl
slang-gsl is:
The GNU Scientific Library (GSL) is a vast collection of robust and well documented numerical functions. It includes support for many special functions, random numbers, interpolation and integration routines, and much more.
Many of the routines in the GSL may be made available to the S-Lang interpreter via the GSL modules included in this package.
The following GSL modules are available:
- gslsf: The GSL special function module. Currently, this module provides an interface to nearly 200 GSL special functions.
- gslconst: The GSL constants module. This module defines many constants such as CONST_MKSA_SPEED_OF_LIGHT, CONST_CGSM_BOLTZMANN, etc.
- gslinterp: The GSL interpolation module, which includes routines for linear interpolation, cubic splines, etc.
- gslrand: The GSL random number module. This module supports most of GSL’s random number generators and distributions.
- gslcdf: The GSL cumulative distribution function module.
- gslfft: The GSL fast-fourier transform module.
- gslcore: This is a module that must be loaded before any of the above modules can be loaded. Its main purpose is to provide support functions for the other GSL modules.
There are three methods to install slang-gsl 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 slang-gsl Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install slang-gsl using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install slang-gsl
Install slang-gsl Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install slang-gsl using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install slang-gsl
Install slang-gsl 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 slang-gsl using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install slang-gsl
How To Uninstall slang-gsl on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the slang-gsl package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove slang-gsl
Uninstall slang-gsl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall slang-gsl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove slang-gsl
Remove slang-gsl Configurations and Data
To remove slang-gsl configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge slang-gsl
Remove slang-gsl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove slang-gsl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge slang-gsl
Dependencies
slang-gsl have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install slang-gsl package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.