How To Install bliss on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install bliss on Debian 9.
What is bliss
bliss is:
Bliss is a backtracking algorithm for computing automorphism groups and canonical forms of graphs, based on individualization and refinement. Its data structures, subroutines, and pruning heuristics are specially designed for fast handling of large and sparse graphs.
This package provides the command line tool bliss.
There are three methods to install bliss on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install bliss Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install bliss using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install bliss
Install bliss Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install bliss using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install bliss
Install bliss 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 bliss using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install bliss
How To Uninstall bliss on Debian 9
To uninstall only the bliss package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove bliss
Uninstall bliss And Its Dependencies
To uninstall bliss and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove bliss
Remove bliss Configurations and Data
To remove bliss configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge bliss
Remove bliss configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove bliss configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bliss
Dependencies
bliss have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install bliss package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.