How To Install paw-common on Debian 10

Learn how to install paw-common on Debian 10 with this tutorial. paw-common is Physics Analysis Workstation (common files)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install paw-common on Debian 10.

What is paw-common

paw-common is:

CERNLIB is a suite of data analysis tools and libraries created for use in physics experiments, but also with applications to other fields such as the biological sciences.

This package includes arch-independent files for PAW, an interactive program for use in analysis and graphical presentation. This package is useless without also installing the paw or paw++ package.

There are three methods to install paw-common 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 paw-common Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install paw-common

Install paw-common Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install paw-common

Install paw-common 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 paw-common using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install paw-common

How To Uninstall paw-common on Debian 10

To uninstall only the paw-common package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove paw-common

Uninstall paw-common And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove paw-common

Remove paw-common Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge paw-common

Remove paw-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge paw-common

Dependencies

paw-common have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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