How To Install libprimesieve7 on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libprimesieve7 on Debian 9.
What is libprimesieve7
libprimesieve7 is:
primesieve is a free software program and C/C++ library that generates primes using a highly optimized sieve of Eratosthenes implementation. primesieve can generate primes and prime k-tuplets up to nearly 2^64.
See http://primesieve.org/ for more information.
This package provides the shared library.
There are three methods to install libprimesieve7 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 libprimesieve7 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libprimesieve7 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libprimesieve7
Install libprimesieve7 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libprimesieve7 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libprimesieve7
Install libprimesieve7 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 libprimesieve7 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libprimesieve7
How To Uninstall libprimesieve7 on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libprimesieve7 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libprimesieve7
Uninstall libprimesieve7 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libprimesieve7 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libprimesieve7
Remove libprimesieve7 Configurations and Data
To remove libprimesieve7 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libprimesieve7
Remove libprimesieve7 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libprimesieve7 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libprimesieve7
Dependencies
libprimesieve7 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libprimesieve7 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
