How To Install libnauty2-dev on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnauty2-dev
on Debian 9.
What is libnauty2-dev
libnauty2-dev is:
nauty (No AUTomorphisms, Yes?) is a set of procedures for computing automorphism groups of graphs and digraphs. This mathematical software suite is developed by Brendan McKay and Adolfo Piperno: http://pallini.di.uniroma1.it
nauty computes graph information in the form of a set of generators, the size of the group, and the orbits of the group; it can also produce a canonical label. The nauty suite is written in C and comes with a command-line interface, a collection of command-line tools, and an Application Programming Interface (API).
This package contains the header files, static libraries and symbolic links that developers using the nauty API will need.
There are three methods to install libnauty2-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 libnauty2-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 libnauty2-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libnauty2-dev
Install libnauty2-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libnauty2-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libnauty2-dev
Install libnauty2-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 libnauty2-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libnauty2-dev
How To Uninstall libnauty2-dev on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libnauty2-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libnauty2-dev
Uninstall libnauty2-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libnauty2-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libnauty2-dev
Remove libnauty2-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libnauty2-dev
configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libnauty2-dev
Remove libnauty2-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libnauty2-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libnauty2-dev
Dependencies
libnauty2-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnauty2-dev
package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.