How To Install libfftw3-single3 on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install libfftw3-single3 on Debian 11. libfftw3-single3 is Library for computing Fast Fourier Transforms - Single precision

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libfftw3-single3 on Debian 11.

What is libfftw3-single3

libfftw3-single3 is:

The FFTW library computes Fast Fourier Transforms (FFT) in one or more dimensions. It is extremely fast. This package contains the shared library for single precision transforms.

To get the static library and the header files, you need to install libfftw3-dev. For documentation, see libfftw3-doc.

There are three methods to install libfftw3-single3 on Debian 11. 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-single3 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-single3 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libfftw3-single3

Install libfftw3-single3 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libfftw3-single3 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libfftw3-single3

Install libfftw3-single3 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-single3 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libfftw3-single3

How To Uninstall libfftw3-single3 on Debian 11

To uninstall only the libfftw3-single3 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libfftw3-single3

Uninstall libfftw3-single3 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libfftw3-single3 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libfftw3-single3

Remove libfftw3-single3 Configurations and Data

To remove libfftw3-single3 configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libfftw3-single3

Remove libfftw3-single3 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libfftw3-single3 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libfftw3-single3

Dependencies

libfftw3-single3 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libfftw3-single3 package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.