How To Install libmathicgb-dev on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmathicgb-dev on Debian 9. libmathicgb-dev is Compute Groebner bases (developer tools)

Introduction

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

What is libmathicgb-dev

libmathicgb-dev is:

Mathicgb is a program for computing Groebner basis and signature Groebner bases. Mathicgb is based on the fast data structures from mathic.

The paper “Practical Groebner Basis Computation” describes the algorithms in Mathicgb from a high level. It was presented at ISSAC 2012 and is available at http://arxiv.org/abs/1206.6940

This package contains the developer tools.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libmathicgb-dev

Install libmathicgb-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libmathicgb-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libmathicgb-dev

How To Uninstall libmathicgb-dev on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove libmathicgb-dev

Uninstall libmathicgb-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmathicgb-dev

Remove libmathicgb-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libmathicgb-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libmathicgb-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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