How To Install libm4ri-dev on Debian 10

Learn how to install libm4ri-dev on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libm4ri-dev is Method of the Four Russians Inversion library, development files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libm4ri-dev on Debian 10.

What is libm4ri-dev

libm4ri-dev is:

M4RI is a library for fast arithmetic with dense matrices over F2. The name M4RI comes from the first implemented algorithm: The “Method of the Four Russians” inversion algorithm. This algorithm in turn is named after the “Method of the Four Russians” multiplication algorithm which is probably better referred to as Kronrod’s method.

This package contains development files for libm4ri.

There are three methods to install libm4ri-dev on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libm4ri-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 libm4ri-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libm4ri-dev

Install libm4ri-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libm4ri-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libm4ri-dev

Install libm4ri-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 libm4ri-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libm4ri-dev

How To Uninstall libm4ri-dev on Debian 10

To uninstall only the libm4ri-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libm4ri-dev

Uninstall libm4ri-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libm4ri-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libm4ri-dev

Remove libm4ri-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libm4ri-dev configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libm4ri-dev

Remove libm4ri-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libm4ri-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libm4ri-dev

Dependencies

libm4ri-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libm4ri-dev package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.