How To Install isa-support on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install isa-support on Debian 12.
What is isa-support
isa-support is:
The packages in the isa-support family probe for microprocessor Instruction Set Architecture features such as SSE3. By refusing to install on machines lacking a required feature, they allow ISA requirements to be handled in terms of package dependencies.
This package provides the feature-probing infrastructure. To assert a CPU requirement, other packages can pre-depend on one of the individual feature-specific packages:
sse2-support, sse3-support, sse4.2-support, altivec-support, neon-support, armv6-support, armv7-support, armv8-support, vfp-support, vfpv2-support, vfpv3-support
There are three methods to install isa-support 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 isa-support Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install isa-support using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install isa-support
Install isa-support Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install isa-support using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install isa-support
Install isa-support 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 isa-support using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install isa-support
How To Uninstall isa-support on Debian 12
To uninstall only the isa-support package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove isa-support
Uninstall isa-support And Its Dependencies
To uninstall isa-support and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove isa-support
Remove isa-support Configurations and Data
To remove isa-support configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge isa-support
Remove isa-support configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove isa-support configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge isa-support
Dependencies
isa-support have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install isa-support package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
