How To Install yorick-curses 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 yorick-curses on Ubuntu.
What is yorick-curses
yorick-curses is:
Yorick-curses enables programs written in Yorick (an interpreted computer language specialized for numerical and scientific problems) to use the (n)curses library, which allows fine control of the cursor and output in a terminal session.
There are three methods to install yorick-curses 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 yorick-curses Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install yorick-curses using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install yorick-curses
Install yorick-curses Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install yorick-curses using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install yorick-curses
Install yorick-curses 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 yorick-curses using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install yorick-curses
How To Uninstall yorick-curses on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the yorick-curses package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove yorick-curses
Uninstall yorick-curses And Its Dependencies
To uninstall yorick-curses and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove yorick-curses
Remove yorick-curses Configurations and Data
To remove yorick-curses configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge yorick-curses
Remove yorick-curses configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove yorick-curses configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge yorick-curses
Dependencies
yorick-curses have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install yorick-curses package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.