How To Install libdsfmt-19937-1 on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libdsfmt-19937-1 on Debian 9.
What is libdsfmt-19937-1
libdsfmt-19937-1 is:
The double-precision SIMD-oriented Fast Mersenne Twister (dSFMT) is a variant of the Mersenne Twister pseudorandom number generator designed for modern CPUs with multi-stage pipelining and SIMD instructions. dSFMT directly generates IEEE 754 format double-precision floating-point pseudorandom numbers in the ranges [1, 2), [0, 1), (0, 1] and (0, 1), and supports various periods from 2^521-1 to 2^216091-1.
This package contains a shared version of the library with period 2^19937-1.
There are three methods to install libdsfmt-19937-1 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 libdsfmt-19937-1 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libdsfmt-19937-1 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libdsfmt-19937-1
Install libdsfmt-19937-1 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libdsfmt-19937-1 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libdsfmt-19937-1
Install libdsfmt-19937-1 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 libdsfmt-19937-1 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libdsfmt-19937-1
How To Uninstall libdsfmt-19937-1 on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libdsfmt-19937-1 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libdsfmt-19937-1
Uninstall libdsfmt-19937-1 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libdsfmt-19937-1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libdsfmt-19937-1
Remove libdsfmt-19937-1 Configurations and Data
To remove libdsfmt-19937-1 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libdsfmt-19937-1
Remove libdsfmt-19937-1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libdsfmt-19937-1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libdsfmt-19937-1
Dependencies
libdsfmt-19937-1 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libdsfmt-19937-1 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.