How To Install fplll-tools on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fplll-tools on Debian 10.
What is fplll-tools
fplll-tools is:
fpLLL is a library for computing reduced (nearly orthogonal) bases for Euclidean lattices using the floating-point LLL algorithm.
fpLLL contains multiple different implementations of the floating-point LLL reduction algorithm, offering multiple different speed/guarantees ratios.
It contains a ‘wrapper’ that chooses the estimated best sequence of variants in order to provide a guaranteed output as fast as possible. In the case of the wrapper, the succession of variants is oblivious to the user.
This package contains the base tools using libfplll.
There are three methods to install fplll-tools 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 fplll-tools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install fplll-tools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fplll-tools
Install fplll-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fplll-tools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fplll-tools
Install fplll-tools 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 fplll-tools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fplll-tools
How To Uninstall fplll-tools on Debian 10
To uninstall only the fplll-tools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fplll-tools
Uninstall fplll-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fplll-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fplll-tools
Remove fplll-tools Configurations and Data
To remove fplll-tools configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fplll-tools
Remove fplll-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fplll-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fplll-tools
Dependencies
fplll-tools have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fplll-tools package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.