How To Install yorick-gyoto 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-gyoto on Ubuntu.

What is `yorick-gyoto`

yorick-gyoto is:

Gyoto aims at providing a framework for computing orbits and ray-traced images in General relativity.

This package provides a plug-in for the Yorick programming language exposing the Gyoto facilities. It allows using Gyoto interactively from the yorick prompt or running complex Gyoto scripts.

There are three methods to install yorick-gyoto 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-gyoto 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-gyoto using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install yorick-gyoto

Install yorick-gyoto Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install yorick-gyoto using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install yorick-gyoto

Install yorick-gyoto 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-gyoto using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install yorick-gyoto

How To Uninstall yorick-gyoto on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the yorick-gyoto package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove yorick-gyoto

Uninstall yorick-gyoto And Its Dependencies

To uninstall yorick-gyoto and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove yorick-gyoto

Remove yorick-gyoto Configurations and Data

To remove yorick-gyoto configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge yorick-gyoto

Remove yorick-gyoto configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove yorick-gyoto configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge yorick-gyoto

Dependencies

yorick-gyoto have the following dependencies:

References

yorick-gyoto website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install yorick-gyoto package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.