How To Install libectrans-dev on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libectrans-dev on Debian 12.
What is libectrans-dev
libectrans-dev is:
ecTrans is the global spherical Harmonics transforms library, extracted from the IFS weather model from ECMWF. It uses a hybrid of MPI and OpenMP parallelisation strategies. The package contains both single- and double precision Fortran libraries (trans_sp, trans_dp), as well as a C interface to the double-precision version (transi_dp) ECMWF is the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts.
There are three methods to install libectrans-dev on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libectrans-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libectrans-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libectrans-dev
Install libectrans-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libectrans-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libectrans-dev
Install libectrans-dev 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 libectrans-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libectrans-dev
How To Uninstall libectrans-dev on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libectrans-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libectrans-dev
Uninstall libectrans-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libectrans-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libectrans-dev
Remove libectrans-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libectrans-dev configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libectrans-dev
Remove libectrans-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libectrans-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libectrans-dev
Dependencies
libectrans-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libectrans-dev package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
