How To Install fftw2 on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fftw2 on Debian 10.
What is fftw2
fftw2 is:
This library computes Fast Fourier Transforms (FFT) in one or more dimensions. It is extremely fast. This package contains the shared library version of the fftw libraries in double precision.
To get the static library and the header files you need to install fftw-dev.
For documentation and test programs, install fftw-docs
There are three methods to install fftw2 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 fftw2 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install fftw2 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fftw2
Install fftw2 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fftw2 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fftw2
Install fftw2 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 fftw2 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fftw2
How To Uninstall fftw2 on Debian 10
To uninstall only the fftw2 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fftw2
Uninstall fftw2 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fftw2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fftw2
Remove fftw2 Configurations and Data
To remove fftw2 configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fftw2
Remove fftw2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fftw2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fftw2
Dependencies
fftw2 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fftw2 package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.