How To Install topcom 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 topcom on Ubuntu.
What is topcom
topcom is:
TOPCOM is a collection of clients to compute Triangulations Of Point Configurations and Oriented Matroids, resp.
The algorithms use only combinatorial data of the point configuration as is given by its oriented matroid. Some basic commands for computing and manipulating oriented matroids can also be accessed by the user.
It was very much inspired by the maple program PUNTOS, which was written by Jesus de Loera. TOPCOM is entirely written in C++, so there is a significant speed up compared to PUNTOS.
There are three methods to install topcom 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 topcom Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install topcom using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install topcom
Install topcom Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install topcom using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install topcom
Install topcom 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 topcom using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install topcom
How To Uninstall topcom on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the topcom package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove topcom
Uninstall topcom And Its Dependencies
To uninstall topcom and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove topcom
Remove topcom Configurations and Data
To remove topcom configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge topcom
Remove topcom configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove topcom configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge topcom
Dependencies
topcom have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install topcom package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.