How To Install cl-fftw3 on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install cl-fftw3 on Debian 9.
What is cl-fftw3
cl-fftw3 is:
This package provides an interface for Common Lisp programs to use the FFTW3 Fourier transform library. A number of higher-level interfaces has been added in addition to the native interface to the FFTW3 C-based library.
There are three methods to install cl-fftw3 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 cl-fftw3 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install cl-fftw3 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install cl-fftw3
Install cl-fftw3 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install cl-fftw3 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install cl-fftw3
Install cl-fftw3 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 cl-fftw3 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install cl-fftw3
How To Uninstall cl-fftw3 on Debian 9
To uninstall only the cl-fftw3 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove cl-fftw3
Uninstall cl-fftw3 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall cl-fftw3 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove cl-fftw3
Remove cl-fftw3 Configurations and Data
To remove cl-fftw3 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge cl-fftw3
Remove cl-fftw3 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove cl-fftw3 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cl-fftw3
Dependencies
cl-fftw3 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cl-fftw3 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.