How to install BFGminer on Linux Mint 18.3

For using the package, execute the following command, it will list the  options  that can be used in BFGminer. 

linuxhelp ~ # bfgminer --help
bfgminer 5.2.0
  Lowlevel: ftdi pci pci:uio pci:vfio spi usb vcom 
  Drivers: antminer avalon avalonmm bfx bifury bigpic bitforce bitforce:pci bitfury cairnsmore cointerra drillbit dualminer erupter gridseed hashbusterusb hashfast icarus klondike littlefury modminer opencl opencl:adl opencl:sensors proxy proxy:getwork proxy:stratum rockminer twinfury x6500 zeusminer ztex 
  Algorithms: SHA256d scrypt 
  Options: ncurses5 
Usage: bfgminer 
Options for both config file and command line:
--api-allow < arg>                Allow API access only to the given list of [G:]IP[/Prefix] addresses[/subnets]
--api-description < arg>          Description placed in the API status header, default: BFGMiner version
--api-groups < arg>               API one letter groups G:cmd:cmd[,P:cmd:*...] defining the cmds a groups can use
--api-listen                    Enable API, default: disabled
--api-mcast                     Enable API Multicast listener, default: disabled
--api-mcast-addr < arg>           API Multicast listen address (default: " 224.0.0.75" )
--api-mcast-code < arg>           Code expected in the API Multicast message, don' t use ' -'  (default: " FTW" )
--api-mcast-des < arg>            Description appended to the API Multicast reply, default: ' ' 
--api-mcast-port < arg>           API Multicast listen port (default: 4028)
--api-network                   Allow API (if enabled) to listen on/for any address, default: only 127.0.0.1
--api-port < arg>                 Port number of miner API (default: 4028)
--balance                       Change multipool strategy from failover to even share balance
--benchmark                     Run BFGMiner in benchmark mode - produces no shares
--benchmark-intense             Run BFGMiner in intensive benchmark mode - produces no shares
--bfl-range                     Use nonce range on bitforce devices if supported
--chroot-dir < arg>               Chroot to a directory right after startup
--cmd-idle < arg>                 Execute a command when a device is allowed to be idle (rest or wait)
--cmd-sick < arg>                 Execute a command when a device is declared sick
--cmd-dead < arg>                 Execute a command when a device is declared dead
--coinbase-sig < arg>             Set coinbase signature when possible
--compact                       Use compact display without per device statistics
--debug|-D                      Enable debug output
--debuglog                      Enable debug logging
--device-protocol-dump          Verbose dump of device protocol-level activities
--device|-d < arg>                Enable only devices matching pattern (default: all)
--disable-rejecting             Automatically disable pools that continually reject shares
--http-port < arg>                Port number to listen on for HTTP getwork miners (-1 means disabled) (default: -1)
--expiry < arg>                   Upper bound on how many seconds after getting work we consider a share from it stale (w/o longpoll active)
                                 (default: 120)
--expiry-lp < arg>                Upper bound on how many seconds after getting work we consider a share from it stale (with longpoll active)
                                 (default: 3600)
--failover-only                 Don' t leak work to backup pools when primary pool is lagging
--failover-switch-delay < arg>    Delay in seconds before switching back to a failed pool (default: 300)
--force-dev-init                Always initialize devices when possible (such as bitstream uploads to some FPGAs)
--generate-to < arg>              Set an address to generate to for solo mining
--gpu-platform < arg>             Select OpenCL platform ID to use for GPU mining (default: -1)
--gpu-map < arg>                  Map OpenCL to ADL device order manually, paired CSV (e.g. 1:0,2:1 maps OpenCL 1 to ADL 0, 2 to 1)
--gpu-reorder                   Attempt to reorder GPU devices according to PCI Bus ID
--kernel-path < arg>              Specify a path to where bitstream and kernel files are (default: " /usr/share/bfgminer" )
--klondike-options < arg>         Set klondike options clock:temptarget
--load-balance                  Change multipool strategy from failover to quota based balance
--log|-l < arg>                   Interval in seconds between log output (default: 20)
--log-file|-L < arg>              Append log file for output messages
--log-microseconds              Include microseconds in log output
--monitor|-m < arg>               Use custom pipe cmd for output messages
--net-delay                     Impose small delays in networking to avoid overloading slow routers
--no-adl                        Disable the ATI display library used for monitoring and setting GPU parameters
--no-gbt                        Disable getblocktemplate support
--no-getwork                    Disable getwork support
--no-hotplug                    Disable hotplug detection
--no-local-bitcoin              Disable adding pools for local bitcoin RPC servers
--no-longpoll                   Disable X-Long-Polling support
--no-pool-redirect              Ignore pool requests to redirect to another server
--no-restart                    Do not attempt to restart devices that hang
--no-stratum                    Disable Stratum detection
--no-submit-stale               Don' t submit shares if they are detected as stale
--noncelog < arg>                 Create log of all nonces found
--pass|-p < arg>                  Password for bitcoin JSON-RPC server
--per-device-stats              Force verbose mode and output per-device statistics
--userpass|-O < arg>              Username:Password pair for bitcoin JSON-RPC server
--pool-goal < arg>                Named goal for the previous-defined pool
--pool-priority < arg>            Priority for just the previous-defined pool
--pool-proxy|-x < arg>            Proxy URI to use for connecting to just the previous-defined pool
--protocol-dump|-P              Verbose dump of protocol-level activities
--queue|-Q < arg>                 Minimum number of work items to have queued (0+) (default: 1)
--quiet|-q                      Disable logging output, display status and errors
--quit-summary < arg>             Summary printed when you quit: none/devs/procs/detailed
--quota|-U < arg>                 quota URL combination for server with load-balance strategy quotas
--real-quiet                    Disable all output
--request-diff < arg>             Request a specific difficulty from pools (default: 1.000000)
--retries < arg>                  Number of times to retry failed submissions before giving up (-1 means never) (default: -1)
--rotate < arg>                   Change multipool strategy from failover to regularly rotate at N minutes (default: 0)
--round-robin                   Change multipool strategy from failover to round robin on failure
--scan|-S < arg>                  Configure how to scan for mining devices
--scan-time < arg>                Upper bound on time spent scanning current work, in seconds (default: 60)
--sched-start < arg>              Set a time of day in HH:MM to start mining (a once off without a stop time)
--sched-stop < arg>               Set a time of day in HH:MM to stop mining (will quit without a start time)
--scrypt                        Use the scrypt algorithm for mining (non-bitcoin)
--set-device|--set < arg>         Set default parameters on devices  eg, NFY:osc6_bits=50
--setuid < arg>                   Username of an unprivileged user to run as
--sharelog < arg>                 Append share log to file
--shares < arg>                   Quit after mining 2^32 * N hashes worth of shares (default: unlimited)
--show-processors               Show per processor statistics in summary
--skip-security-checks < arg>     Skip security checks sometimes to save bandwidth  only check 1/< arg> th of the time (default: never skip)
--socks-proxy < arg>              Set socks proxy (host:port)
--stratum-port < arg>             Port number to listen on for stratum miners (-1 means disabled) (default: -1)
--submit-threads < arg>           Minimum number of concurrent share submissions (default: 64) (default: 64)
--syslog                        Use system log for output messages (default: standard error)
--temp-hysteresis < arg>          Set how much the temperature can fluctuate outside limits when automanaging speeds (default: 3)
--text-only|-T                  Disable ncurses formatted screen output
--url|-o < arg>                   URL for bitcoin JSON-RPC server
--user|-u < arg>                  Username for bitcoin JSON-RPC server
--verbose                       Log verbose output to stderr as well as status output
--weighed-stats                 Display statistics weighed to difficulty 1
--coinbase-check-addr < arg>      A list of address to check against in coinbase payout list received from the previous-defined pool, separated by
                                ' ,' 
--coinbase-check-total < arg>     The least total payout amount expected in coinbase received from the previous-defined pool
--coinbase-check-percent < arg>   The least benefit percentage expected for the sum of addr(s) listed in --cbaddr argument for previous-defined pool
--worktime                      Display extra work time debug information
Options for command line only:
--config|-c < arg>                Load a JSON-format configuration file
                                See example.conf for an example configuration.
--no-default-config             Inhibit loading default config file
--default-config                Always load the default config file
--help|-h                       Print this message
--version|-V                    Display version and exit

You can also remove the package from your system, execute the following command . 

linuxhelp ~ # apt-get remove bfgminer -y
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  libbase58-0 libblkmaker-0.1-6 libjansson4 libmicrohttpd10
Use ' sudo apt autoremove'  to remove them.
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  bfgminer
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 292 not upgraded.
After this operation, 1,441 kB disk space will be freed.
(Reading database ... 219681 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing bfgminer (5.2.0+dfsg-1build1) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.5-1) ...

With this tutorial comes to an end.