How To Install palp on Debian 12

Learn how to install palp on Debian 12 with this tutorial. palp is Package for Analyzing Lattice Polytopes

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install palp on Debian 12.

What is palp

palp is:

This package contains various tools to work with lattice polytopes:

  • mori.x computes star triangulations of a polytope
  • cws.x creates weight systems and combined weight systems
  • class.x classifies reflexive polytopes
  • poly.x computes data of a polytope
  • nef.x computes Hodge numbers of nef-partitions

There are three methods to install palp 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 palp Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install palp

Install palp Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install palp using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install palp

Install palp 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 palp using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install palp

How To Uninstall palp on Debian 12

To uninstall only the palp package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove palp

Uninstall palp And Its Dependencies

To uninstall palp and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove palp

Remove palp Configurations and Data

To remove palp configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge palp

Remove palp configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge palp

Dependencies

palp have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install palp package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.