How To Install libsundials-serial on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsundials-serial on Debian 9.
What is libsundials-serial
libsundials-serial is:
The family of solvers referred to as SUNDIALS consists of solvers CVODE (for ODE systems), CVODES (ODE with sensitivity analysis capabilities), IDA (for differential-algebraic systems), and KINSOL (for nonlinear algebraic systems).
This package depends on all other packages containing the shared libraries for the subcomponents of SUNDIALS: CVODE, CVODES, IDA, KINSOL, and NVECTOR_SERIAL.
There are three methods to install libsundials-serial 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 libsundials-serial Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libsundials-serial using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libsundials-serial
Install libsundials-serial Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libsundials-serial using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libsundials-serial
Install libsundials-serial 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 libsundials-serial using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libsundials-serial
How To Uninstall libsundials-serial on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libsundials-serial package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libsundials-serial
Uninstall libsundials-serial And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libsundials-serial and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsundials-serial
Remove libsundials-serial Configurations and Data
To remove libsundials-serial configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libsundials-serial
Remove libsundials-serial configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libsundials-serial configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libsundials-serial
Dependencies
libsundials-serial have the following dependencies:
- libsundials-cvode1
- libsundials-cvodes2
- libsundials-ida2
- libsundials-idas0
- libsundials-kinsol1
- libsundials-nvecserial0
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsundials-serial package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
