How To Install freemat on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install freemat on Debian 10.
What is freemat
freemat is:
FreeMat is a free environment for rapid engineering and scientific prototyping and data processing. It is similar to commercial systems such as MATLAB from Mathworks, and IDL from Research Systems, but is Open Source. FreeMat is available under the GPL license.
There are three methods to install freemat 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 freemat Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install freemat using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install freemat
Install freemat Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install freemat using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install freemat
Install freemat 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 freemat using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install freemat
How To Uninstall freemat on Debian 10
To uninstall only the freemat package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove freemat
Uninstall freemat And Its Dependencies
To uninstall freemat and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove freemat
Remove freemat Configurations and Data
To remove freemat configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge freemat
Remove freemat configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove freemat configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge freemat
Dependencies
freemat have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install freemat package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
