How To Install liboctave-dev on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install liboctave-dev on Debian 11. liboctave-dev is development files for the GNU Octave language

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install liboctave-dev on Debian 11.

What is liboctave-dev

liboctave-dev is:

Octave is a (mostly MATLAB? compatible) high-level language, primarily intended for numerical computations. It provides a convenient command-line interface for solving linear and nonlinear problems numerically.

This package provides the header files and the mkoctfile script used for extending Octave via compiled code.

There are three methods to install liboctave-dev on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

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

sudo apt-get -y install liboctave-dev

Install liboctave-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install liboctave-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install liboctave-dev

How To Uninstall liboctave-dev on Debian 11

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

sudo apt-get remove liboctave-dev

Uninstall liboctave-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall liboctave-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove liboctave-dev

Remove liboctave-dev Configurations and Data

To remove liboctave-dev configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge liboctave-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

liboctave-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install liboctave-dev package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.