How To Install fricas-databases on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fricas-databases on Debian 11.
What is fricas-databases
fricas-databases is:
Fricas is useful for research and development of mathematical algorithms. It defines a strongly typed, mathematically correct type hierarchy. It has a programming language and a built-in compiler.
Fricas has been in development since 1973 and was sold as a commercial product. It has been released as free software.
Efforts are underway to extend this software to (a) develop a better user interface (b) make it useful as a teaching tool (c) develop an algebra server protocol (d) integrate additional mathematics (e) rebuild the algebra in a literate programming style (f) integrate logic programming (g) develop an Fricas Journal with refereed submissions.
This package contains the text databases generated during the build process used in computing the hierarchical domain structure, among other uses.
There are three methods to install fricas-databases 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 fricas-databases Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install fricas-databases using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fricas-databases
Install fricas-databases Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fricas-databases using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fricas-databases
Install fricas-databases 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 fricas-databases using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fricas-databases
How To Uninstall fricas-databases on Debian 11
To uninstall only the fricas-databases package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fricas-databases
Uninstall fricas-databases And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fricas-databases and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fricas-databases
Remove fricas-databases Configurations and Data
To remove fricas-databases configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fricas-databases
Remove fricas-databases configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fricas-databases configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fricas-databases
Dependencies
fricas-databases have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fricas-databases package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
