How To Install octave-info on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install octave-info on Debian 9.
What is octave-info
octave-info is:
Octave is a (mostly Matlab (R) compatible) high-level language, primarily intended for numerical computations. It provides a convenient command-line interface for solving linear and nonlinear problems numerically.
This package provides the following documentation in info format: a document on the C++ classes used by Octave, as well as the main octave documentation which is needed for the ‘help -i foo’ command within Octave.
There are three methods to install octave-info 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 octave-info 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-info using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install octave-info
Install octave-info Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install octave-info using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install octave-info
Install octave-info 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-info using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install octave-info
How To Uninstall octave-info on Debian 9
To uninstall only the octave-info package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove octave-info
Uninstall octave-info And Its Dependencies
To uninstall octave-info and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove octave-info
Remove octave-info Configurations and Data
To remove octave-info configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge octave-info
Remove octave-info configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove octave-info configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge octave-info
Dependencies
octave-info have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install octave-info package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.