How To Install libmagics++-data on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmagics++-data on Debian 9. libmagics++-data is Data files needed for magics++ library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmagics++-data on Debian 9.

What is libmagics++-data

libmagics++-data is:

Magics++ is the latest generation of the ECMWF’s Meteorological plotting software MAGICS. Although completely redesigned in C++, it is intended to be as backwards-compatible as possible with the Fortran interface.

This package contains data expected by the magics++ library.

There are three methods to install libmagics++-data 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 libmagics++-data Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libmagics++-data using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libmagics++-data

Install libmagics++-data Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libmagics++-data using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libmagics++-data

Install libmagics++-data 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 libmagics++-data using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libmagics++-data

How To Uninstall libmagics++-data on Debian 9

To uninstall only the libmagics++-data package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libmagics++-data

Uninstall libmagics++-data And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmagics++-data

Remove libmagics++-data Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libmagics++-data

Remove libmagics++-data configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmagics++-data

Dependencies

libmagics++-data have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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