How To Install ginac-tools on Debian 10

Learn how to install ginac-tools on Debian 10 with this tutorial. ginac-tools is GiNaC symbolic framework support tools

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ginac-tools on Debian 10.

What is ginac-tools

ginac-tools is:

GiNaC (which stands for “GiNaC is Not a CAS (Computer Algebra System)”) is a library for doing symbolic (i.e. non-numeric) computation directly in the C++ programming language.

This package provides some additional tools, like the popular ginsh (GiNaC interactive shell) and viewgar (for inspecting GiNaC archive files).

There are three methods to install ginac-tools on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install ginac-tools Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install ginac-tools

Install ginac-tools Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ginac-tools

Install ginac-tools 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 ginac-tools using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ginac-tools

How To Uninstall ginac-tools on Debian 10

To uninstall only the ginac-tools package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ginac-tools

Uninstall ginac-tools And Its Dependencies

To uninstall ginac-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ginac-tools

Remove ginac-tools Configurations and Data

To remove ginac-tools configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ginac-tools

Remove ginac-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ginac-tools

Dependencies

ginac-tools have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ginac-tools package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.