How To Install libfftw3-dev on Debian 10

Learn how to install libfftw3-dev on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libfftw3-dev is Library for computing Fast Fourier Transforms - development

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libfftw3-dev on Debian 10.

What is libfftw3-dev

libfftw3-dev is:

The FFTW library computes Fast Fourier Transforms (FFT) in one or more dimensions. It is extremely fast. This package contains the statically linked library, header files and test programs.

This package contains the header files and static libraries. For documentation, see libfftw3-doc.

There are three methods to install libfftw3-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 libfftw3-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 libfftw3-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libfftw3-dev

Install libfftw3-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libfftw3-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libfftw3-dev

Install libfftw3-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 libfftw3-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libfftw3-dev

How To Uninstall libfftw3-dev on Debian 10

To uninstall only the libfftw3-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libfftw3-dev

Uninstall libfftw3-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libfftw3-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libfftw3-dev

Remove libfftw3-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libfftw3-dev configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libfftw3-dev

Remove libfftw3-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libfftw3-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libfftw3-dev

Dependencies

libfftw3-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libfftw3-dev package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.