How To Install libpolylib64-dev on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpolylib64-dev on Debian 9. libpolylib64-dev is Development files for the long int version of PolyLib

Introduction

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

What is libpolylib64-dev

libpolylib64-dev 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 the header files and static libraries which are needed for developing polylib applications.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libpolylib64-dev

Install libpolylib64-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libpolylib64-dev

Install libpolylib64-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 libpolylib64-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libpolylib64-dev

How To Uninstall libpolylib64-dev on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove libpolylib64-dev

Uninstall libpolylib64-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpolylib64-dev

Remove libpolylib64-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libpolylib64-dev

Remove libpolylib64-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpolylib64-dev

Dependencies

libpolylib64-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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