How To Install singular-ui-emacs on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install singular-ui-emacs on Debian 9. singular-ui-emacs is Computer Algebra System for Polynomial Computations – emacs user interface

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install singular-ui-emacs on Debian 9.

What is singular-ui-emacs

singular-ui-emacs 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 SINGULAR command-line interface within emacs.

There are three methods to install singular-ui-emacs 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-ui-emacs 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-ui-emacs using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install singular-ui-emacs

Install singular-ui-emacs Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install singular-ui-emacs

Install singular-ui-emacs 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-ui-emacs using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install singular-ui-emacs

How To Uninstall singular-ui-emacs on Debian 9

To uninstall only the singular-ui-emacs package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove singular-ui-emacs

Uninstall singular-ui-emacs And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove singular-ui-emacs

Remove singular-ui-emacs Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge singular-ui-emacs

Remove singular-ui-emacs configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge singular-ui-emacs

Dependencies

singular-ui-emacs have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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