How To Install libsuitesparseconfig4 on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsuitesparseconfig4 on Debian 9. libsuitesparseconfig4 is configuration routines for all SuiteSparse modules

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsuitesparseconfig4 on Debian 9.

What is libsuitesparseconfig4

libsuitesparseconfig4 is:

Suitesparse is a collection of libraries for computations involving sparse matrices.

The SuiteSparse_config library provides configuration routines that are common to all SuiteSparse libraries.

There are three methods to install libsuitesparseconfig4 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 libsuitesparseconfig4 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libsuitesparseconfig4 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libsuitesparseconfig4

Install libsuitesparseconfig4 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libsuitesparseconfig4 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libsuitesparseconfig4

Install libsuitesparseconfig4 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 libsuitesparseconfig4 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libsuitesparseconfig4

How To Uninstall libsuitesparseconfig4 on Debian 9

To uninstall only the libsuitesparseconfig4 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libsuitesparseconfig4

Uninstall libsuitesparseconfig4 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libsuitesparseconfig4 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsuitesparseconfig4

Remove libsuitesparseconfig4 Configurations and Data

To remove libsuitesparseconfig4 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libsuitesparseconfig4

Remove libsuitesparseconfig4 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libsuitesparseconfig4 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libsuitesparseconfig4

Dependencies

libsuitesparseconfig4 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsuitesparseconfig4 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.