How To Install libwildmagic-dev on Debian 10

Learn how to install libwildmagic-dev on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libwildmagic-dev is libraries for mathematics, physics, numerical methods - dev files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libwildmagic-dev on Debian 10.

What is libwildmagic-dev

libwildmagic-dev is:

The WildMagic5 libraries are meant to help developers perform computing tasks in the following specialties:

  • computer graphics;
  • mathematics;
  • physics;
  • numerical methods;
  • image analysis.

The source code is divided in such a manner that is provides these libraries:

  • The LibCore library contains some basic support that applications need. Some of this support is for convenience during development;
  • The LibMathematics library;
  • The LibGraphics library;
  • The LibPhysics library;
  • The LibApplications library.

This package ships the library development files.

There are three methods to install libwildmagic-dev on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libwildmagic-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 libwildmagic-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libwildmagic-dev

Install libwildmagic-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libwildmagic-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libwildmagic-dev

How To Uninstall libwildmagic-dev on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove libwildmagic-dev

Uninstall libwildmagic-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libwildmagic-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libwildmagic-dev

Remove libwildmagic-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libwildmagic-dev configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libwildmagic-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libwildmagic-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libwildmagic-dev package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.