How To Install isympy-common on Debian 10

Learn how to install isympy-common on Debian 10 with this tutorial. isympy-common is Python shell for SymPy

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install isympy-common on Debian 10.

What is isympy-common

isympy-common is:

SymPy is a Python library for symbolic mathematics (manipulation). It aims to become a full-featured computer algebra system (CAS) while keeping the code as simple as possible in order to be comprehensible and easily extensible. SymPy is written entirely in Python and does not require any external libraries, except optionally for plotting support.

This support package contains the common isympy python script, a wrapper for SymPy which can be invoked with either python2 or python3.

Install the isympy or isympy3 package to ensure all required dependencies are loaded.

There are three methods to install isympy-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 isympy-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 isympy-common using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install isympy-common

Install isympy-common Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install isympy-common using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install isympy-common

Install isympy-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 isympy-common using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install isympy-common

How To Uninstall isympy-common on Debian 10

To uninstall only the isympy-common package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove isympy-common

Uninstall isympy-common And Its Dependencies

To uninstall isympy-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove isympy-common

Remove isympy-common Configurations and Data

To remove isympy-common configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge isympy-common

Remove isympy-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove isympy-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge isympy-common

Dependencies

isympy-common have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install isympy-common package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.