How To Install fort77 on Debian 10

Learn how to install fort77 on Debian 10 with this tutorial. fort77 is Invoke f2c like a real compiler

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install fort77 on Debian 10.

What is fort77

fort77 is:

The fort77 script invokes the f2c command transparently, so it can be used like a real Fortran compiler. It can be used to compile Fortran, C and assembler code, and to link it with the f2c libraries.

There are three methods to install fort77 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 fort77 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install fort77 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install fort77

Install fort77 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install fort77 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install fort77

Install fort77 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 fort77 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install fort77

How To Uninstall fort77 on Debian 10

To uninstall only the fort77 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove fort77

Uninstall fort77 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall fort77 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fort77

Remove fort77 Configurations and Data

To remove fort77 configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge fort77

Remove fort77 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove fort77 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fort77

Dependencies

fort77 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install fort77 package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.