How To Install gap-openmath on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gap-openmath on Debian 9.
What is gap-openmath
gap-openmath 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 package allows GAP to import and export mathematical objects encoded in OpenMath, for the purpose of exchanging them with other applications that are OpenMath enabled.
There are three methods to install gap-openmath 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-openmath 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-openmath using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gap-openmath
Install gap-openmath Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gap-openmath using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gap-openmath
Install gap-openmath 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-openmath using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gap-openmath
How To Uninstall gap-openmath on Debian 9
To uninstall only the gap-openmath package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gap-openmath
Uninstall gap-openmath And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gap-openmath and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gap-openmath
Remove gap-openmath Configurations and Data
To remove gap-openmath configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gap-openmath
Remove gap-openmath configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gap-openmath configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gap-openmath
Dependencies
gap-openmath have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gap-openmath package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.