How To Install libpolylib64-8-dbg on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpolylib64-8-dbg on Debian 9. libpolylib64-8-dbg is Debugging symbols for the long int version of PolyLib

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpolylib64-8-dbg on Debian 9.

What is libpolylib64-8-dbg

libpolylib64-8-dbg is:

Polylib is a free C library for doing computations on polyhedra. The library is operating on objects like vectors, matrices, lattices, polyhedra, Z-polyhedra, unions of polyhedra and other intermediary structures. It provides functions for all important operations on these structures.

This package contains detached debugging symbols.

There are three methods to install libpolylib64-8-dbg 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 libpolylib64-8-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 libpolylib64-8-dbg using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libpolylib64-8-dbg

Install libpolylib64-8-dbg Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libpolylib64-8-dbg using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libpolylib64-8-dbg

Install libpolylib64-8-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 libpolylib64-8-dbg using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libpolylib64-8-dbg

How To Uninstall libpolylib64-8-dbg on Debian 9

To uninstall only the libpolylib64-8-dbg package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libpolylib64-8-dbg

Uninstall libpolylib64-8-dbg And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libpolylib64-8-dbg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpolylib64-8-dbg

Remove libpolylib64-8-dbg Configurations and Data

To remove libpolylib64-8-dbg configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libpolylib64-8-dbg

Remove libpolylib64-8-dbg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libpolylib64-8-dbg configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpolylib64-8-dbg

Dependencies

libpolylib64-8-dbg have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpolylib64-8-dbg package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.