How To Install libceres-dev on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libceres-dev on Debian 9. libceres-dev is nonlinear least squares minimizer (development files)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libceres-dev on Debian 9.

What is libceres-dev

libceres-dev is:

Ceres Solver is an open source C++ library for modeling and solving large, complicated optimization problems. It is a feature rich, mature and performant library which has been used in production at Google since 2010.

Ceres Solver can solve two kinds of problems.

  • Non-linear Least Squares problems with bounds constraints.
  • General unconstrained optimization problems.

This package contains the development header files.

There are three methods to install libceres-dev 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 libceres-dev Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libceres-dev

Install libceres-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libceres-dev

Install libceres-dev 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 libceres-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libceres-dev

How To Uninstall libceres-dev on Debian 9

To uninstall only the libceres-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libceres-dev

Uninstall libceres-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libceres-dev

Remove libceres-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libceres-dev

Remove libceres-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libceres-dev

Dependencies

libceres-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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