How To Install python-swiglpk on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-swiglpk on Debian 10.
What is python-swiglpk
python-swiglpk is:
swiglpk just provides plain vanilla SWIG bindings to the underlying C library of the GNU Linear Programming Kit. It is not a high-level wrapper for GLPK.
This package installs the library for Python 2.
There are three methods to install python-swiglpk 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 python-swiglpk Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install python-swiglpk using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-swiglpk
Install python-swiglpk Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-swiglpk using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-swiglpk
Install python-swiglpk 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 python-swiglpk using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-swiglpk
How To Uninstall python-swiglpk on Debian 10
To uninstall only the python-swiglpk package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-swiglpk
Uninstall python-swiglpk And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-swiglpk and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-swiglpk
Remove python-swiglpk Configurations and Data
To remove python-swiglpk configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-swiglpk
Remove python-swiglpk configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-swiglpk configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-swiglpk
Dependencies
python-swiglpk have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-swiglpk package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
