How To Install scotch-dbg on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install scotch-dbg
on Debian 9.
What is scotch-dbg
scotch-dbg is:
Debug symbols package for scotch, which is a set of programs and libraries which implement the static mapping and sparse matrix reordering algorithms developed within the SCOTCH project.
There are three methods to install scotch-dbg
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 scotch-dbg Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install scotch-dbg
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install scotch-dbg
Install scotch-dbg Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install scotch-dbg
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install scotch-dbg
Install scotch-dbg 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 scotch-dbg
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install scotch-dbg
How To Uninstall scotch-dbg on Debian 9
To uninstall only the scotch-dbg
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove scotch-dbg
Uninstall scotch-dbg And Its Dependencies
To uninstall scotch-dbg
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove scotch-dbg
Remove scotch-dbg Configurations and Data
To remove scotch-dbg
configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge scotch-dbg
Remove scotch-dbg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove scotch-dbg
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge scotch-dbg
Dependencies
scotch-dbg have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install scotch-dbg
package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.