How To Install snappea-dev on Debian 10

Learn how to install snappea-dev on Debian 10 with this tutorial. snappea-dev is development files for SnapPea hyperbolic 3-manifold tool

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install snappea-dev on Debian 10.

What is snappea-dev

snappea-dev is:

SnapPea is a computational tool for creating and studying hyperbolic 3-manifolds. This package provides headers suitable for compiling the SnapPea kernel into other projects.

There are three methods to install snappea-dev 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 snappea-dev Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install snappea-dev

Install snappea-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install snappea-dev

Install snappea-dev 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 snappea-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install snappea-dev

How To Uninstall snappea-dev on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove snappea-dev

Uninstall snappea-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall snappea-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove snappea-dev

Remove snappea-dev Configurations and Data

To remove snappea-dev configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge snappea-dev

Remove snappea-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge snappea-dev

Dependencies

snappea-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install snappea-dev package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.