How To Install makedepf90 on Debian 10

Learn how to install makedepf90 on Debian 10 with this tutorial. makedepf90 is Fortran-90 dependency processor for Makefiles

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install makedepf90 on Debian 10.

What is makedepf90

makedepf90 is:

Makedepf90 is a program for automatic creation of Makefile dependency lists for Fortran source code. Makedepf90 supports MODULE:s, INCLUDE:s, cpp #include:s, f90ppr $include:s and coco ??include:s and set-files.

The original idea was to provide the same functionality for Fortran as

gcc -MM *.c

does for C.

There are three methods to install makedepf90 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 makedepf90 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install makedepf90 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install makedepf90

Install makedepf90 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install makedepf90 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install makedepf90

Install makedepf90 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 makedepf90 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install makedepf90

How To Uninstall makedepf90 on Debian 10

To uninstall only the makedepf90 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove makedepf90

Uninstall makedepf90 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall makedepf90 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove makedepf90

Remove makedepf90 Configurations and Data

To remove makedepf90 configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge makedepf90

Remove makedepf90 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove makedepf90 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge makedepf90

Dependencies

makedepf90 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install makedepf90 package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.