How To Install libcommons-math3-java on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcommons-math3-java on Debian 10.
What is libcommons-math3-java
libcommons-math3-java is:
Commons Math is a Java library of lightweight, self-contained mathematics and statistics components.
Commons Math is made up of a small set of math/stat utilities addressing programming problems like the ones in the list below:
- Computing means, variances and other summary statistics for a list of numbers
- Fitting a line to a set of data points using linear regression
- Finding a smooth curve that passes through a collection of points (interpolation)
- Fitting a parametric model to a set of measurements using least-squares methods
- Solving equations involving real-valued functions (i.e. root-finding)
- Solving systems of linear equations
- Solving Ordinary Differential Equations
- Minimizing multi-dimensional functions
- Generating random numbers with more restrictions (e.g distribution, range) than what is possible using the JDK
- Generating random samples and/or datasets that are “like” the data in an input file
- Performing statistical significance tests
- Miscellaneous mathematical functions such as factorials, binomial coefficients and “special functions” (e.g. gamma, beta functions)
This is a part of the Apache Commons Project.
There are three methods to install libcommons-math3-java 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 libcommons-math3-java Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libcommons-math3-java using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libcommons-math3-java
Install libcommons-math3-java Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libcommons-math3-java using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libcommons-math3-java
Install libcommons-math3-java 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 libcommons-math3-java using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libcommons-math3-java
How To Uninstall libcommons-math3-java on Debian 10
To uninstall only the libcommons-math3-java package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libcommons-math3-java
Uninstall libcommons-math3-java And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libcommons-math3-java and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcommons-math3-java
Remove libcommons-math3-java Configurations and Data
To remove libcommons-math3-java configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libcommons-math3-java
Remove libcommons-math3-java configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libcommons-math3-java configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcommons-math3-java
Dependencies
libcommons-math3-java have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcommons-math3-java package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.