How To Install genius on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install genius on Debian 9.
What is genius
genius 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 a command line interface for genius.
There are three methods to install genius 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 genius 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 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install genius
Install genius Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install genius using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install genius
Install genius 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 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install genius
How To Uninstall genius on Debian 9
To uninstall only the genius package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove genius
Uninstall genius And Its Dependencies
To uninstall genius and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove genius
Remove genius Configurations and Data
To remove genius configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge genius
Remove genius configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove genius configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge genius
Dependencies
genius have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install genius package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.