How To Install cantor on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install cantor on Debian 11.
What is cantor
cantor is:
Cantor is an application to allow you to you use your favorite mathematical applications from within an elegant worksheet interface. It provides dialogs to assist with common tasks and allows you to share your worksheets with others.
Cantor supports various mathematical applications as backends (provided in external packages):
- Maxima Computer Algebra System (cantor-backend-maxima)
- R Project for Statistical Computing (cantor-backend-r)
- Sage Mathematics Software (cantor-backend-sage)
- Octave (cantor-backend-octave)
- Python (cantor-backend-python3)
- Scilab (cantor-backend-scilab)
- Qalculate! (cantor-backend-qalculate)
- Lua (cantor-backend-lua)
- Julia (cantor-backend-julia)
This package is part of the KDE education module.
There are three methods to install cantor 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 cantor Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install cantor using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install cantor
Install cantor Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install cantor using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install cantor
Install cantor 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 cantor using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install cantor
How To Uninstall cantor on Debian 11
To uninstall only the cantor package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove cantor
Uninstall cantor And Its Dependencies
To uninstall cantor and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove cantor
Remove cantor Configurations and Data
To remove cantor configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge cantor
Remove cantor configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove cantor configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cantor
Dependencies
cantor have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cantor package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.