How To Install expeyes-clib on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install expeyes-clib on Debian 9. expeyes-clib is hardware & software framework for developing science experiments

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install expeyes-clib on Debian 9.

What is expeyes-clib

expeyes-clib is:

This package provides interfaces written in C language for making science experiments with an ExpEYES box.

ExpEYES is from the PHOENIX project of Inter-University Accelerator Centre, New Delhi. It is a hardware & software framework for developing science experiments, demonstrations and projects and learn science and engineering by exploration. This package provides approximately the same features than the package expeyes, but its sources are in C language.

There are three methods to install expeyes-clib on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install expeyes-clib Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install expeyes-clib using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install expeyes-clib

Install expeyes-clib Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install expeyes-clib using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install expeyes-clib

Install expeyes-clib Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install expeyes-clib using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install expeyes-clib

How To Uninstall expeyes-clib on Debian 9

To uninstall only the expeyes-clib package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove expeyes-clib

Uninstall expeyes-clib And Its Dependencies

To uninstall expeyes-clib and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove expeyes-clib

Remove expeyes-clib Configurations and Data

To remove expeyes-clib configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge expeyes-clib

Remove expeyes-clib configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove expeyes-clib configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge expeyes-clib

Dependencies

expeyes-clib have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install expeyes-clib package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.