How To Install macaulay2 on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install macaulay2
on Debian 11.
What is macaulay2
macaulay2 is:
Macaulay 2 is a software system for algebraic geometry research, written by Daniel R. Grayson and Michael E. Stillman. Based on Groebner bases, it provides algorithms for computing homological invariants of rings and modules.
This package contains the architecture dependent portion of Macaulay2.
There are three methods to install macaulay2
on Debian 11. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install macaulay2 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install macaulay2
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install macaulay2
Install macaulay2 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install macaulay2
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install macaulay2
Install macaulay2 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 macaulay2
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install macaulay2
How To Uninstall macaulay2 on Debian 11
To uninstall only the macaulay2
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove macaulay2
Uninstall macaulay2 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall macaulay2
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove macaulay2
Remove macaulay2 Configurations and Data
To remove macaulay2
configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge macaulay2
Remove macaulay2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove macaulay2
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge macaulay2
Dependencies
macaulay2 have the following dependencies:
- macaulay2-common
- singular-data
- libblas3
- libboost-regex1.74.0-icu67
- libboost-stacktrace1.74.0
- libc6
- libflint-2.6.3
- libfrobby0
- libgc1
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install macaulay2
package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.