How to install xmaxima on Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak)?

In this article we are going to learn the commands and steps to install xmaxima package on Ubuntu 16.10.


 

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Quick installation of xmaxima:

Step 1: Update system:

	sudo apt-get update

Step 2: Install: xmaxima

Ater updaing the OS run following command to install the packae:

	sudo apt-get install xmaxima

Package Details

Package:xmaxima
Version:5.37.2-8
Maintainer:Ubuntu Developers
Home page:
Description:Computer algebra system -- x interface Maxima is a fully symbolic computation program. It is full featured doing symbolic manipulation of polynomials, matrices, rational functions, integration, Todd-coxeter methods for finite group analysis, graphing, multiple precision floating point computation. It has a symbolic source level debugger for maxima code. Maxima is based on the original Macsyma developed at MIT in the 1970s. It is quite reliable, and has good garbage collection, and no memory leaks. It comes with hundreds of self tests. . This package contains an X Windows interface using the tcl/tk libraries.
Distro:Ubuntu 16.10
Release:
Repo/Section:universe/math

How to install xmaxima on Ubuntu 16.10?

How to install xmaxima on Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak)?

First of all update your system with the command:

sudo apt-get update

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Above command will download the package lists for Ubuntu 16.10 on your system. This will update the list of newest versions of packages and its dependencies on your system.

After downloading the latest package list with the help of above you can run the installation process.

If xmaxima is not installed on your compter then the command 'dpkg -L xmaxima' will give followin error.

deepak@deepak-VirtualBox:~$ dpkg -L xmaxima
dpkg-query: package 'xmaxima' is not installed
Use dpkg --info (= dpkg-deb --info) to examine archive files,
and dpkg --contents (= dpkg-deb --contents) to list their contents.
deepak@deepak-VirtualBox:~$ 

Installing xmaxima:

After system update use the following command to install xmaxima:

sudo apt-get install xmaxima

Above command will confirm before installing the package on your Ubuntu 16.10 Operating System. If you are not already logged in as su, installer will ask you the root password. After completion of the installation you can use the package on your system.

How to uninstall/remove xmaxima from Ubuntu 16.10?

Now we will see the commands for uninstalling the xmaxima from Ubuntu 16.10. For uninstalling this package you can easily use the apt command and remove the package from Linux Operating System.

To remove the xmaxima following command is used:

sudo apt-get remove  xmaxima

Following command is used to remove the xmaxima package along with its dependencies:

sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove xmaxima

This will remove xmaxima and all its dependent packages which is no longer needed in the system.

Completely removing xmaxima with all configuration files:

Following command should be used with care as it deletes all the configuration files and data:

sudo apt-get purge xmaxima

or you can use following command also:

sudo apt-get purge --auto-remove xmaxima

Above command will remove all the configuration files and data associated with xmaxima package. You can can't recover the delete data, so, use this command with care.