How To Install libcholmod3 on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcholmod3 on Debian 9. libcholmod3 is sparse Cholesky factorization library for sparse matrices

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcholmod3 on Debian 9.

What is libcholmod3

libcholmod3 is:

Suitesparse is a collection of libraries for computations involving sparse matrices.

The CHOLMOD library provides a set of routines for factorizing sparse symmetric positive definite matrices of the form A or AA’, updating/downdating a sparse Cholesky factorization, solving linear systems, updating/downdating the solution to the triangular system Lx=b, and many other sparse matrix functions for both symmetric and unsymmetric matrices. Its supernodal Cholesky factorization relies on LAPACK and the Level-3 BLAS, and obtains a substantial fraction of the peak performance of the BLAS.

There are three methods to install libcholmod3 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 libcholmod3 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libcholmod3 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libcholmod3

Install libcholmod3 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libcholmod3 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libcholmod3

Install libcholmod3 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 libcholmod3 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libcholmod3

How To Uninstall libcholmod3 on Debian 9

To uninstall only the libcholmod3 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libcholmod3

Uninstall libcholmod3 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libcholmod3 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcholmod3

Remove libcholmod3 Configurations and Data

To remove libcholmod3 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libcholmod3

Remove libcholmod3 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libcholmod3 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcholmod3

Dependencies

libcholmod3 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcholmod3 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.