How To Install jacal on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install jacal on Debian 10.
What is jacal
jacal is:
JACAL is an interactive symbolic math system which can manipulate and simplify equations, scalars, vectors, and matrices of single and multiple valued algebraic expressions containing numbers, variables, radicals, and algebraic differential, and holonomic functions.
There are three methods to install jacal 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 jacal Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install jacal using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install jacal
Install jacal Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install jacal using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install jacal
Install jacal 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 jacal using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install jacal
How To Uninstall jacal on Debian 10
To uninstall only the jacal package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove jacal
Uninstall jacal And Its Dependencies
To uninstall jacal and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove jacal
Remove jacal Configurations and Data
To remove jacal configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge jacal
Remove jacal configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove jacal configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge jacal
Dependencies
jacal have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install jacal package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.