How To Install libcsiro0 on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcsiro0 on Debian 9. libcsiro0 is Scientific plotting library (CSIRO libraries)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcsiro0 on Debian 9.

What is libcsiro0

libcsiro0 is:

This package contains two libraries developed by Pavel Sakov, from the CSIRO Marine Research, used in geometry applications:

  • libcsirocsa: bivariate Cubic Spline Approximation library
  • libcsironn: Natural Neighbours interpolation library

The source code for these libraries are part of the plplot source package.

There are three methods to install libcsiro0 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 libcsiro0 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libcsiro0 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libcsiro0

Install libcsiro0 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libcsiro0 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libcsiro0

Install libcsiro0 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 libcsiro0 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libcsiro0

How To Uninstall libcsiro0 on Debian 9

To uninstall only the libcsiro0 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libcsiro0

Uninstall libcsiro0 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libcsiro0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcsiro0

Remove libcsiro0 Configurations and Data

To remove libcsiro0 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libcsiro0

Remove libcsiro0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libcsiro0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcsiro0

Dependencies

libcsiro0 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcsiro0 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.