How To Install stda 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 stda on Ubuntu.
What is stda
stda is:
This package contains some primary tools for evaluating sums, averages, integrals, derivatives, histograms/distributions of 1-d numerical data, and eventually for plotting the results. The stand-alone programs (supporting the standard UNIX input and output pipelines) are intended for data processing from the command line. They are especially useful for straightforward analysis of number series where a complex analytical approach is not necessary.
Following programs are included:
- maphimbu - histogram builder for 1-d numerical and text data;
- mintegrate - evaluate average/sum/integral/derivative of 1-d numerical data;
- mmval - find minimum and maximum value in a dataset;
- muplot - plot a multi-curve figure from multiple dataset using Gnuplot;
- nnum - produce a series of integers or floats;
- prefield - prepare input file for ‘muplot’ to plot 2-d fields by arrows.
There are three methods to install stda 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 stda Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install stda using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install stda
Install stda Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install stda using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install stda
Install stda 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 stda using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install stda
How To Uninstall stda on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the stda package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove stda
Uninstall stda And Its Dependencies
To uninstall stda and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove stda
Remove stda Configurations and Data
To remove stda configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge stda
Remove stda configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove stda configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge stda
Dependencies
stda have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install stda package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.