How To Install coinor-cbc on Debian 10

Learn how to install coinor-cbc on Debian 10 with this tutorial. coinor-cbc is Coin-or branch-and-cut mixed integer programming solver

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install coinor-cbc on Debian 10.

What is `coinor-cbc`

coinor-cbc is:

Cbc (Coin-or branch and cut) is an open-source mixed integer programming solver written in C++. It can be used as a callable library or as a stand-alone executable.

This package contains cbc executable.

There are three methods to install coinor-cbc on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install coinor-cbc Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install coinor-cbc using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install coinor-cbc

Install coinor-cbc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install coinor-cbc using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install coinor-cbc

Install coinor-cbc 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 coinor-cbc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install coinor-cbc

How To Uninstall coinor-cbc on Debian 10

To uninstall only the coinor-cbc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove coinor-cbc

Uninstall coinor-cbc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall coinor-cbc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove coinor-cbc

Remove coinor-cbc Configurations and Data

To remove coinor-cbc configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge coinor-cbc

Remove coinor-cbc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove coinor-cbc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge coinor-cbc

Dependencies

coinor-cbc have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install coinor-cbc package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.