How To Install mathomatic on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mathomatic
on Debian 9.
What is mathomatic
mathomatic is:
Mathomatic implements most of the rules of algebra for the mathematical operators +, -, *, /, % (modulus), and power (including roots).
Mathomatic can symbolically:
- combine and solve equations,
- completely simplify and compare expressions and equations,
- do simple calculus transformations and series,
- do standard, complex number, modular, and polynomial arithmetic,
- generate optimized C, Java, and Python language code from simplified equations,
- plot expressions with gnuplot in two or three dimensions,
- do quick calculations, colorize expressions, etc.
There are three methods to install mathomatic
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 mathomatic Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install mathomatic
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mathomatic
Install mathomatic Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mathomatic
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mathomatic
Install mathomatic 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 mathomatic
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mathomatic
How To Uninstall mathomatic on Debian 9
To uninstall only the mathomatic
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mathomatic
Uninstall mathomatic And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mathomatic
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mathomatic
Remove mathomatic Configurations and Data
To remove mathomatic
configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mathomatic
Remove mathomatic configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mathomatic
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mathomatic
Dependencies
mathomatic have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mathomatic
package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.