How To Install libeinspline-dev on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libeinspline-dev on Debian 9. libeinspline-dev is library for interpolating cubic basis splines (static library and doc)

Introduction

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

What is libeinspline-dev

libeinspline-dev is:

Einspline is intended to be a simple, fast, and accurate library for creating and evaluating interpolating cubic basis splines (B-splines).

It features the following:

  • grids of one, two or three dimensions
  • both uniform and non-uniform grids
  • real and complex datatypes in single or double precision
  • evaluation of value, gradient, hessian and laplacian
  • periodic, fixed first-derivative, or fixed second derivative boundary conditions
  • C and Fortran 77 interfaces

This package contains a static version of the library and its documentation.

There are three methods to install libeinspline-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 libeinspline-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 libeinspline-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libeinspline-dev

Install libeinspline-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libeinspline-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libeinspline-dev

How To Uninstall libeinspline-dev on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove libeinspline-dev

Uninstall libeinspline-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libeinspline-dev

Remove libeinspline-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libeinspline-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libeinspline-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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