How To Install gap-guava-bin on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gap-guava-bin on Debian 9.
What is gap-guava-bin
gap-guava-bin is:
GAP is a system for computational discrete algebra with particular emphasis on computational group theory, but which has already proved useful also in other areas.
This GAP package brings to GAP computing with error-correcting codes.
This Debian package contains the architecture-dependent files for the gap-guava Debian package.
There are three methods to install gap-guava-bin 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-guava-bin 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-guava-bin using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gap-guava-bin
Install gap-guava-bin Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gap-guava-bin using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gap-guava-bin
Install gap-guava-bin 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-guava-bin using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gap-guava-bin
How To Uninstall gap-guava-bin on Debian 9
To uninstall only the gap-guava-bin package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gap-guava-bin
Uninstall gap-guava-bin And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gap-guava-bin and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gap-guava-bin
Remove gap-guava-bin Configurations and Data
To remove gap-guava-bin configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gap-guava-bin
Remove gap-guava-bin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gap-guava-bin configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gap-guava-bin
Dependencies
gap-guava-bin have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gap-guava-bin package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.