How To Install irsim on Debian 10

Learn how to install irsim on Debian 10 with this tutorial. irsim is Switch-level simulator

Introduction

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

What is irsim

irsim is:

IRSIM is a tool for simulating digital circuits. It is a “switch-level” simulator; that is, it treats transistors as ideal switches. Extracted capacitance and lumped resistance values are used to make the switch a little bit more realistic than the ideal, using the RC time constants to predict the relative timing of events.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install irsim

Install irsim Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install irsim

Install irsim 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 irsim using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install irsim

How To Uninstall irsim on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove irsim

Uninstall irsim And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove irsim

Remove irsim Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge irsim

Remove irsim configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge irsim

Dependencies

irsim have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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