How To Install libjs-sciencejs on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libjs-sciencejs on Debian 9. libjs-sciencejs is JavaScript library for scientific and statistical computing

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libjs-sciencejs on Debian 9.

What is libjs-sciencejs

libjs-sciencejs is:

This library contains two modules. science.stats module contains various implementations of statistical methods similar to those provided by R. science.lin contains methods for linear algebra.

There are three methods to install libjs-sciencejs 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 libjs-sciencejs Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libjs-sciencejs

Install libjs-sciencejs Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libjs-sciencejs

Install libjs-sciencejs 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 libjs-sciencejs using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libjs-sciencejs

How To Uninstall libjs-sciencejs on Debian 9

To uninstall only the libjs-sciencejs package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libjs-sciencejs

Uninstall libjs-sciencejs And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libjs-sciencejs

Remove libjs-sciencejs Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libjs-sciencejs

Remove libjs-sciencejs configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libjs-sciencejs

Dependencies

libjs-sciencejs have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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