How To Install singular-dev-doc on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install singular-dev-doc on Debian 9. singular-dev-doc is Computer Algebra System for Polynomial Computations – developer documentation

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install singular-dev-doc on Debian 9.

What is singular-dev-doc

singular-dev-doc is:

SINGULAR is a Computer Algebra System (CAS) for polynomial computations with emphasis on the special needs of commutative algebra, algebraic geometry, and singularity theory.

This package contains the developer documentation in HTML and PDF formats.

There are three methods to install singular-dev-doc 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 singular-dev-doc Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install singular-dev-doc

Install singular-dev-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install singular-dev-doc using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install singular-dev-doc

Install singular-dev-doc 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 singular-dev-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install singular-dev-doc

How To Uninstall singular-dev-doc on Debian 9

To uninstall only the singular-dev-doc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove singular-dev-doc

Uninstall singular-dev-doc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall singular-dev-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove singular-dev-doc

Remove singular-dev-doc Configurations and Data

To remove singular-dev-doc configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge singular-dev-doc

Remove singular-dev-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove singular-dev-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge singular-dev-doc

Dependencies

singular-dev-doc have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install singular-dev-doc package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.