How To Install octave-gsl on Debian 10

Learn how to install octave-gsl on Debian 10 with this tutorial. octave-gsl is GSL binding for Octave

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install octave-gsl on Debian 10.

What is octave-gsl

octave-gsl is:

This package provides bindings to the GNU Scientific Library for Octave, a numerical computation software. The GSL is a collection of routines for numerical analysis.

This Octave add-on package is part of the Octave-Forge project.

There are three methods to install octave-gsl 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 octave-gsl Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install octave-gsl

Install octave-gsl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install octave-gsl

Install octave-gsl 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 octave-gsl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install octave-gsl

How To Uninstall octave-gsl on Debian 10

To uninstall only the octave-gsl package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove octave-gsl

Uninstall octave-gsl And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove octave-gsl

Remove octave-gsl Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge octave-gsl

Remove octave-gsl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge octave-gsl

Dependencies

octave-gsl have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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