How To Install primecount-bin on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install primecount-bin on Debian 12.
What is primecount-bin
primecount-bin is:
primecount is a free software program and C/C++ library that counts the primes below an integer x <= 10^31 using highly optimized implementations of the combinatorial prime counting algorithms.
This package provides the command line utility primecount.
There are three methods to install primecount-bin 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 primecount-bin Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install primecount-bin using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install primecount-bin
Install primecount-bin Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install primecount-bin using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install primecount-bin
Install primecount-bin 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 primecount-bin using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install primecount-bin
How To Uninstall primecount-bin on Debian 12
To uninstall only the primecount-bin package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove primecount-bin
Uninstall primecount-bin And Its Dependencies
To uninstall primecount-bin and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove primecount-bin
Remove primecount-bin Configurations and Data
To remove primecount-bin configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge primecount-bin
Remove primecount-bin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove primecount-bin configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge primecount-bin
Dependencies
primecount-bin have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install primecount-bin package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
