How To Install julia-common on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install julia-common on Debian 9.
What is julia-common
julia-common is:
Julia is a high-level, high-performance dynamic programming language for technical computing, with syntax that is familiar to users of other technical computing environments. It provides a sophisticated compiler, distributed parallel execution, numerical accuracy, and an extensive mathematical function library. The library, mostly written in Julia itself, also integrates mature, best-of-breed C and Fortran libraries for linear algebra, random number generation, FFTs, and string processing. Julia programs are organized around defining functions, and overloading them for different combinations of argument types (which can also be user-defined).
This package contains the Julia standard library and test suite.
There are three methods to install julia-common 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 julia-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 julia-common using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install julia-common
Install julia-common Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install julia-common using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install julia-common
Install julia-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 julia-common using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install julia-common
How To Uninstall julia-common on Debian 9
To uninstall only the julia-common package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove julia-common
Uninstall julia-common And Its Dependencies
To uninstall julia-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove julia-common
Remove julia-common Configurations and Data
To remove julia-common configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge julia-common
Remove julia-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove julia-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge julia-common
Dependencies
julia-common have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install julia-common package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.