How To Install yorick-z on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
2 minutes • 370 words
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install yorick-z on Ubuntu.
What is yorick-z
yorick-z is:
This is a compiled add-on for yorick (an interpreted computer language specialized for numerical and scientific problems). Yorick-z adds support for zlib (the data compression system used by gzip), png (a lossless image compression format), and jpeg (a lossy image compression format).
There are three methods to install yorick-z 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-z 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-z using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install yorick-z
Install yorick-z Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install yorick-z using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install yorick-z
Install yorick-z 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-z using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install yorick-z
How To Uninstall yorick-z on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the yorick-z package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove yorick-z
Uninstall yorick-z And Its Dependencies
To uninstall yorick-z and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove yorick-z
Remove yorick-z Configurations and Data
To remove yorick-z configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge yorick-z
Remove yorick-z configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove yorick-z configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge yorick-z
Dependencies
yorick-z have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install yorick-z package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.