How To Install yorick-svipc on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install yorick-svipc on Debian 12.
What is yorick-svipc
yorick-svipc is:
This package allows one to access the System V Interprocess communication mechanisms from within Yorick:
- message queues;
- semaphore sets;
- shared memory segments. It also exposes related functionality, in particular fork().
This plug-in serves primarily two use cases:
- parallel (multiprocess) computing;
- mixed applications (eg. yorick/python).
A sibling package is available for Python (python3-svipc).
There are three methods to install yorick-svipc on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install yorick-svipc Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install yorick-svipc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install yorick-svipc
Install yorick-svipc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install yorick-svipc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install yorick-svipc
Install yorick-svipc 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 yorick-svipc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install yorick-svipc
How To Uninstall yorick-svipc on Debian 12
To uninstall only the yorick-svipc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove yorick-svipc
Uninstall yorick-svipc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall yorick-svipc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove yorick-svipc
Remove yorick-svipc Configurations and Data
To remove yorick-svipc configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge yorick-svipc
Remove yorick-svipc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove yorick-svipc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge yorick-svipc
Dependencies
yorick-svipc have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install yorick-svipc package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
