How To Install libgap-dev on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgap-dev on Debian 12.
What is libgap-dev
libgap-dev is:
GAP is a system for computational discrete algebra, with particular emphasis on Computational Group Theory. GAP provides a programming language, a library of thousands of functions implementing algebraic algorithms written in the GAP language as well as large data libraries of algebraic objects. GAP is used in research and teaching for studying groups and their representations, rings, vector spaces, algebras, combinatorial structures, and more.
This package contains the include files and static library.
There are three methods to install libgap-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 libgap-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 libgap-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libgap-dev
Install libgap-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libgap-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libgap-dev
Install libgap-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 libgap-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libgap-dev
How To Uninstall libgap-dev on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libgap-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libgap-dev
Uninstall libgap-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libgap-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgap-dev
Remove libgap-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libgap-dev configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libgap-dev
Remove libgap-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libgap-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgap-dev
Dependencies
libgap-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgap-dev package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
