How To Install libblas-common on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libblas-common on Debian 9.
What is libblas-common
libblas-common is:
The only purpose of this empty package is to ensure multi-arch safety of different BLAS implementations. See bug #760936 for more details.
There are three methods to install libblas-common 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 libblas-common Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libblas-common using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libblas-common
Install libblas-common Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libblas-common using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libblas-common
Install libblas-common 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 libblas-common using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libblas-common
How To Uninstall libblas-common on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libblas-common package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libblas-common
Uninstall libblas-common And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libblas-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libblas-common
Remove libblas-common Configurations and Data
To remove libblas-common configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libblas-common
Remove libblas-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libblas-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libblas-common
Dependencies
libblas-common have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libblas-common package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
