How To Install gsl-doc-pdf on Debian 12

Learn how to install gsl-doc-pdf on Debian 12 with this tutorial. gsl-doc-pdf is GNU Scientific Library (GSL) Reference Manual in pdf

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gsl-doc-pdf on Debian 12.

What is gsl-doc-pdf

gsl-doc-pdf is:

This package provides a pdf file with the reference manual for the GNU Scientific Library (GSL), a collection of routines for numerical analysis.

The reference manual is also available in postscript and html formats in the packages gsl-ref-psdoc and gsl-ref-html, respectively.

There are three methods to install gsl-doc-pdf on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install gsl-doc-pdf Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install gsl-doc-pdf using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install gsl-doc-pdf

Install gsl-doc-pdf Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install gsl-doc-pdf using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install gsl-doc-pdf

Install gsl-doc-pdf 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 gsl-doc-pdf using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gsl-doc-pdf

How To Uninstall gsl-doc-pdf on Debian 12

To uninstall only the gsl-doc-pdf package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gsl-doc-pdf

Uninstall gsl-doc-pdf And Its Dependencies

To uninstall gsl-doc-pdf and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gsl-doc-pdf

Remove gsl-doc-pdf Configurations and Data

To remove gsl-doc-pdf configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gsl-doc-pdf

Remove gsl-doc-pdf configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove gsl-doc-pdf configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gsl-doc-pdf

Dependencies

gsl-doc-pdf have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gsl-doc-pdf package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.