How to Install and Uninstall gretl Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: December 24,2024

1. Install "gretl" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install gretl on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall gretl on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                gretl
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the gretl package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: gretl
Priority: optional
Section: universe/math
Installed-Size: 13820
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Dirk Eddelbuettel
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2016a-1
Depends: libblas3 | libblas.so.3, libc6 (>= 2.14), libcairo2 (>= 1.2.4), libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 (>= 2.22.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.37.3), libgmp10, libgomp1 (>= 4.9), libgretl1 (>= 2016a), libgtk2.0-0 (>= 2.24.0), libgtksourceview2.0-0 (>= 2.10.0), libjson-glib-1.0-0 (>= 0.13.4), liblapack3 | liblapack.so.3, libmpfr4 (>= 3.1.3), libodbc1 (>= 2.3.1), libpango-1.0-0 (>= 1.14.0), libpangocairo-1.0-0 (>= 1.14.0), libreadline6 (>= 6.0), libxml2 (>= 2.7.4), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4), gretl-common (>= 2016a-1), gnuplot (>= 4.2)
Recommends: gretl-data, gretl-doc
Filename: pool/universe/g/gretl/gretl_2016a-1_amd64.deb
Size: 3005480
MD5sum: 45298438a68b6dbd2673cdc4155b1d4a
SHA1: f8efbad9471e5f3811c85fb8e7152bbbae754c62
SHA256: d569a6f01b1bd09116b8a8e88d5190c7e1aef34f056272742417c7f0aa4673d5
Description-en: GNU Regression, Econometric & Time-Series Library
The GNU Regression, Econometric and Time-Series Library (gretl) is a
software package for econometric analysis. The package comprises a
shared library, a command-line client program, and a graphical client
built using GTK+.
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This package provides the GTK+ client and the command-line client.
Description-md5: 794e28c78e36c7b7cd146f72657cb173
Homepage: http://gretl.sourceforge.net/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu