How To Install libmetis5-dbg on Debian 10

Learn how to install libmetis5-dbg on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libmetis5-dbg is Serial Graph Partitioning and Fill-reducing Matrix Ordering. Debugging symbols

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmetis5-dbg on Debian 10.

What is libmetis5-dbg

libmetis5-dbg is:

METIS is a set of serial programs for partitioning graphs, partitioning finite element meshes, and producing fill reducing orderings for sparse matrices. The algorithms implemented in METIS are based on the multilevel recursive-bisection, multilevel k-way, and multi-constraint partitioning schemes. The package contains debugging symbols.

There are three methods to install libmetis5-dbg 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 libmetis5-dbg Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libmetis5-dbg using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libmetis5-dbg

Install libmetis5-dbg Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libmetis5-dbg using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libmetis5-dbg

Install libmetis5-dbg 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 libmetis5-dbg using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libmetis5-dbg

How To Uninstall libmetis5-dbg on Debian 10

To uninstall only the libmetis5-dbg package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libmetis5-dbg

Uninstall libmetis5-dbg And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libmetis5-dbg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmetis5-dbg

Remove libmetis5-dbg Configurations and Data

To remove libmetis5-dbg configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libmetis5-dbg

Remove libmetis5-dbg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libmetis5-dbg configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmetis5-dbg

Dependencies

libmetis5-dbg have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmetis5-dbg package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.