How to Install and Uninstall mlucas Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: December 23,2024

1. Install "mlucas" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install mlucas on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                mlucas
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "mlucas" package

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall mlucas on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                mlucas
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the mlucas package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: mlucas
Architecture: amd64
Version: 17.1-3ubuntu3
Priority: optional
Section: universe/math
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Alex Vong
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 14293
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.29), python2
Filename: pool/universe/m/mlucas/mlucas_17.1-3ubuntu3_amd64.deb
Size: 3384024
MD5sum: 096743066dbdffc04fb95a2d34eafcbc
SHA1: 7ecae510393703b7c81cfc01029cc42f5c2ea3b3
SHA256: fd15ccc4f450cc1c380c8bf627b36073355e25628dbfe56ee95a0ecbe2eee466
SHA512: 4356763cab1934a8c66c081f2a27c1bc573d13549ab8a46374d191bf6ec5e2e5235a349a5e409b47afd4de82c6393bb564b1af47f579f62af9e19a57a36f1acb
Homepage: https://www.mersenneforum.org/mayer/README.html
Description-en: program to perform Lucas-Lehmer test on a Mersenne number
mlucas is an open-source (and free/libre) program for performing Lucas-Lehmer
test on prime-exponent Mersenne numbers, that is, integers of the form
2 ^ p - 1, with prime exponent p. In short, everything you need to search for
world-record Mersenne primes! It has been used in the verification of various
Mersenne primes, including the 45th, 46th, 48th, 49th and 50th found Mersenne
prime.
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You may use it to test any suitable number as you wish, but it is preferable
that you do so in a coordinated fashion, as part of the Great Internet
Mersenne Prime Search (GIMPS) .
Description-md5: 51541a14bea7c38325b8575c6f8ead30