How To Install cmake on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install cmake on Debian 11.
What is cmake
cmake is:
CMake is used to control the software compilation process using simple platform and compiler independent configuration files. CMake generates native makefiles and workspaces that can be used in the compiler environment of your choice. CMake is quite sophisticated: it is possible to support complex environments requiring system configuration, pre-processor generation, code generation, and template instantiation.
CMake was developed by Kitware as part of the NLM Insight Segmentation and Registration Toolkit project. The ASCI VIEWS project also provided support in the context of their parallel computation environment. Other sponsors include the Insight, VTK, and VXL open source software communities.
There are three methods to install cmake 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 cmake Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install cmake using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install cmake
Install cmake Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install cmake using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install cmake
Install cmake 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 cmake using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install cmake
How To Uninstall cmake on Debian 11
To uninstall only the cmake package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove cmake
Uninstall cmake And Its Dependencies
To uninstall cmake and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove cmake
Remove cmake Configurations and Data
To remove cmake configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge cmake
Remove cmake configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove cmake configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cmake
Dependencies
cmake have the following dependencies:
- cmake-data
- procps
- libarchive13
- libc6
- libcurl4
- libexpat1
- libgcc-s1
- libjsoncpp24
- librhash0
- libstdc++6
- libuv1
- zlib1g
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cmake package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.