How to Install and Uninstall science-config Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: July 08,2024

1. Install "science-config" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install science-config on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                science-config
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "science-config" package

This guide let you learn how to uninstall science-config on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the science-config package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: science-config
Priority: extra
Section: universe/misc
Installed-Size: 42
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Science Team
Architecture: all
Source: debian-science
Version: 1.4ubuntu7
Depends: adduser, debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, menu, blends-common (>= 0.6.15)
Filename: pool/universe/d/debian-science/science-config_1.4ubuntu7_all.deb
Size: 7694
MD5sum: 3ee44357f49c45e4c1eb604b3c260526
SHA1: 6af979c5c24807603cefed59b81afa3dc26b5b63
SHA256: d57fb05ef502ee72b7e94b33f352b4308a7fdfcade277a4a74425255d31fc5d1
Description-en: Debian Science Project config package
This package provides the basic infrastructure of all science-* packages and is
needed by them.
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These are the science related metapackages in the Debian Science project:
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* science-astronomy packages related to astronomy
* science-astronomy-dev packages related to development of
astronomical applications
* science-biology packages related to biology
* science-chemistry packages related to chemistry
* science-dataacquisition packages related to data acquisition
* science-dataacquisition-dev packages related to data acquisition
development
* science-distributedcomputing distributed computing packages
* science-economics packages related to economics
* science-electrophysiology packages related to electrophysiology
* science-electronics packages related to electronics
* science-engineering packages related to engineering
* science-engineering-dev packages related to development of
engineering applications
* science-financial packages related to financial engineering
* science-geography packages related to geography
* science-geometry packages related to geometry
* science-highenergy-physics packages related to high energy physics
* science-highenergy-physics-dev packages related to development of
high energy physics applications
* science-linguistics packages related to linguistics
* science-machine-learning packages related to machine learning
* science-mathematics packages related to mathematics
* science-mathematics-dev packages related to development of
mathematical applications
* science-meteorology packages related to meteorology and climate
* science-meteorology-dev packages related to the development of
meteorology and climate applications
* science-nanoscale-physics packages related to nanoscale physics
* science-nanoscale-physics-dev packages useful for developing nanoscale
physics applications
* science-neuroscience-cognitive packages related to cognitive
neuroscience
* science-neuroscience-datasets packages for Neuroscience Datasets
* science-neuroscience-modeling packages for modeling of neural
systems
* science-physics packages related to physics
* science-physics-dev packages related to development of physical
applications
* science-psychophysics packages related to packages for psychophysics
* science-robotics packages related to robotics
* science-robotics-dev packages related to development of robotics
applications
* science-simulation packages to do simulations
* science-social packages related to social sciences
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This are metapackages for common utilities for all sciences:
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* science-imageanalysis packages related to image analysis
* science-numericalcomputation packages related to numerical
computation
* science-presentation packages related to presentation
* science-statistics packages related to statistics
* science-typesetting packages related to typesetting
* science-viewing packages related to viewing
* science-viewing packages related to viewing
* science-viewing-dev packages related to development of viewing
applications
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Note: All these packages are so called metapackages. This means they are not
executable programs, but only links to other packages. This way you will
conveniently get most of scientific free software which is available in
Debian.
Description-md5: c9c0cdbd608c40189d3d0dbb79cb2259
Homepage: http://wiki.debian.org/DebianScience/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu