How To Install genius-common on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install genius-common on Debian 10.
What is genius-common
genius-common is:
Genius is a general purpose calculator program similar in some aspects to BC, Matlab or Maple. It is useful both as a simple calculator and as a research or educational tool. The syntax is very intuitive and is designed to mimic how mathematics is usually written.
This package contains common files for genius.
There are three methods to install genius-common 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 genius-common Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install genius-common using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install genius-common
Install genius-common Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install genius-common using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install genius-common
Install genius-common 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 genius-common using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install genius-common
How To Uninstall genius-common on Debian 10
To uninstall only the genius-common package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove genius-common
Uninstall genius-common And Its Dependencies
To uninstall genius-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove genius-common
Remove genius-common Configurations and Data
To remove genius-common configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge genius-common
Remove genius-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove genius-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge genius-common
Dependencies
genius-common have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install genius-common package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
