How To Install givaro-dev-doc on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install givaro-dev-doc on Debian 9.
What is givaro-dev-doc
givaro-dev-doc is:
Givaro is a C++ library for arithmetic and algebraic computations. Its main features are implementations of the basic arithmetic of many mathematical entities: Primes fields, Extensions Fields, Finite Fields, Finite Rings, Polynomials, Algebraic numbers, and Arbitrary precision integers and rationals (C++ wrappers over gmp).
Givaro also provides data-structures and templated classes for the manipulation of basic algebraic objects, such as vectors, matrices (dense, sparse, structured), univariate polynomials (and therefore recursive multivariate).
It contains different program modules and is fully compatible with the LinBox linear algebra library and the Athapascan environment, which permits parallel programming.
This is a transitional dummy package, Debian no longer ships Developer Documentation for Givaro. This ‘givaro-dev-doc’ package can be safely removed from the system if no other package depends on it.
There are three methods to install givaro-dev-doc 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 givaro-dev-doc Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install givaro-dev-doc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install givaro-dev-doc
Install givaro-dev-doc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install givaro-dev-doc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install givaro-dev-doc
Install givaro-dev-doc 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 givaro-dev-doc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install givaro-dev-doc
How To Uninstall givaro-dev-doc on Debian 9
To uninstall only the givaro-dev-doc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove givaro-dev-doc
Uninstall givaro-dev-doc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall givaro-dev-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove givaro-dev-doc
Remove givaro-dev-doc Configurations and Data
To remove givaro-dev-doc configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge givaro-dev-doc
Remove givaro-dev-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove givaro-dev-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge givaro-dev-doc
Dependencies
givaro-dev-doc have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install givaro-dev-doc package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.