How To Install gap-autpgrp on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install gap-autpgrp on Debian 9. gap-autpgrp is GAP AutPGrp - Computing the Automorphism Group of a p-Group

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gap-autpgrp on Debian 9.

What is gap-autpgrp

gap-autpgrp is:

GAP is a system for computational discrete algebra, with particular emphasis on Computational Group Theory. GAP provides a programming language, a library of thousands of functions implementing algebraic algorithms written in the GAP language as well as large data libraries of algebraic objects. GAP is used in research and teaching for studying groups and their representations, rings, vector spaces, algebras, combinatorial structures, and more.

AutPGrp is a GAP package for computing automorphism groups of p-groups by Bettina Eick and Eamonn O’Brien.

There are three methods to install gap-autpgrp on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install gap-autpgrp Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install gap-autpgrp

Install gap-autpgrp Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install gap-autpgrp

Install gap-autpgrp 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 gap-autpgrp using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gap-autpgrp

How To Uninstall gap-autpgrp on Debian 9

To uninstall only the gap-autpgrp package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gap-autpgrp

Uninstall gap-autpgrp And Its Dependencies

To uninstall gap-autpgrp and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gap-autpgrp

Remove gap-autpgrp Configurations and Data

To remove gap-autpgrp configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gap-autpgrp

Remove gap-autpgrp configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gap-autpgrp

Dependencies

gap-autpgrp have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gap-autpgrp package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.