How To Install libhmat-oss-dev on Debian 12

Learn how to install libhmat-oss-dev on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libhmat-oss-dev is hierarchical matrix C/C++ library (development files)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libhmat-oss-dev on Debian 12.

What is libhmat-oss-dev

libhmat-oss-dev is:

This library allows one to compute hierarchical matrices, which are tools from numerical mathematics used to approximate non-sparse matrices.

The implementation uses lower-upper (LU) decompositions.

This package contains the development files.

There are three methods to install libhmat-oss-dev on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libhmat-oss-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 libhmat-oss-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libhmat-oss-dev

Install libhmat-oss-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libhmat-oss-dev

Install libhmat-oss-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 libhmat-oss-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libhmat-oss-dev

How To Uninstall libhmat-oss-dev on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove libhmat-oss-dev

Uninstall libhmat-oss-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libhmat-oss-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libhmat-oss-dev

Remove libhmat-oss-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libhmat-oss-dev configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libhmat-oss-dev

Remove libhmat-oss-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libhmat-oss-dev

Dependencies

libhmat-oss-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libhmat-oss-dev package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.