How To Install libeigen3-dev on Debian 10

Learn how to install libeigen3-dev on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libeigen3-dev is lightweight C++ template library for linear algebra

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libeigen3-dev on Debian 10.

What is libeigen3-dev

libeigen3-dev is:

Eigen 3 is a lightweight C++ template library for vector and matrix math, a.k.a. linear algebra.

Unlike most other linear algebra libraries, Eigen 3 focuses on the simple mathematical needs of applications: games and other OpenGL apps, spreadsheets and other office apps, etc. Eigen 3 is dedicated to providing optimal speed with GCC. A lot of improvements since 2-nd version of Eigen.

There are three methods to install libeigen3-dev 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 libeigen3-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 libeigen3-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libeigen3-dev

Install libeigen3-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libeigen3-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libeigen3-dev

Install libeigen3-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 libeigen3-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libeigen3-dev

How To Uninstall libeigen3-dev on Debian 10

To uninstall only the libeigen3-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libeigen3-dev

Uninstall libeigen3-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libeigen3-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libeigen3-dev

Remove libeigen3-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libeigen3-dev configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libeigen3-dev

Remove libeigen3-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libeigen3-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libeigen3-dev

Dependencies

libeigen3-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libeigen3-dev package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.