How To Install libctl5 on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libctl5
on Debian 9.
What is libctl5
libctl5 is:
libctl is a free Guile-based library implementing flexible control files for scientific simulations. It was written to support the MIT Photonic-Bands program, but will hopefully prove useful in other programs too.
This package contains the runtime libraries required to run any software using libctl.
There are three methods to install libctl5
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 libctl5 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libctl5
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libctl5
Install libctl5 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libctl5
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libctl5
Install libctl5 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 libctl5
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libctl5
How To Uninstall libctl5 on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libctl5
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libctl5
Uninstall libctl5 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libctl5
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libctl5
Remove libctl5 Configurations and Data
To remove libctl5
configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libctl5
Remove libctl5 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libctl5
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libctl5
Dependencies
libctl5 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libctl5
package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.