Preinstall GNU Scientific Library (`libgsl-dev` + `libgsl23` from APT repository) in Ubuntu environments

[iBug]

Tool information

• Tool name: GNU Scientific Library
• Tool license: GNU GPLv3
• Add or update? Add
• Desired version: The version available from Ubuntu's official software repository, i.e. using apt-get install
• Approximate size: 2 MB
• If this is an add request:
  • Brief description of tool: The GNU Scientific Library is a software library for numerical computations in applied mathematics and science.
  • URL for tool's homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/gsl/
  • Provide a basic test case to validate the tool's functionality: Not needed - as long as it's installed from Ubuntu APT repository and not an external source.

Area for Triage

Question, Bug, or Feature?

Feature.

Virtual environments affected

• [x] Ubuntu 16.04
• [x] Ubuntu 18.04
• [x] Ubuntu 20.04
• [ ] macOS 10.15
• [ ] macOS 11.0
• [ ] Windows Server 2016 R2
• [ ] Windows Server 2019

Can this tool be installed during the build?

Yes. As simple as apt-get -y install libgsl-dev.

Tool installation time in runtime

20 seconds (dpkg database processing is unknownly slow)

Are you willing to submit a PR?

Yes.

[maxim-lobanov]

Hello @iBug , feel free to submit PR. I think it should be enough to update toolset files for all affected platforms: https://github.com/actions/virtual-environments/blob/main/images/linux/toolsets/toolset-1804.json

[iBug]

Hi @maxim-lobanov, thanks for the response. Would you mind taking a look at #2360?

[miketimofeev]

@iBug thanks for your contribution, all ubuntu images were deployed last week!