How To Install libvdt-dev on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvdt-dev on Debian 12.
What is libvdt-dev
libvdt-dev is:
This is vectorised math library
- a collection of fast and inline implementations of mathematical functions
- the functions can be used in autovectorised loops
- double and single precision implementations are available
- no overhead present, no intrinsics used
A scalar (T(T)) and array signature (void(const unsigned int, T*, T*)) are provided. Born and developed at CERN, it is used, among the others, by LHC experiments and the Geant4 simulation toolkit.
Much of the VDT code is inspired by the well known Cephes mathematical library.
This package contains the development files for vdt.
There are three methods to install libvdt-dev on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libvdt-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 libvdt-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libvdt-dev
Install libvdt-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libvdt-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libvdt-dev
Install libvdt-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 libvdt-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libvdt-dev
How To Uninstall libvdt-dev on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libvdt-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libvdt-dev
Uninstall libvdt-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libvdt-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libvdt-dev
Remove libvdt-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libvdt-dev configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libvdt-dev
Remove libvdt-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libvdt-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libvdt-dev
Dependencies
libvdt-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvdt-dev package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
