How To Install libgap8 on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgap8 on Debian 12.
What is libgap8
libgap8 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 shared library.
There are three methods to install libgap8 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 libgap8 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libgap8 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libgap8
Install libgap8 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libgap8 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libgap8
Install libgap8 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 libgap8 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libgap8
How To Uninstall libgap8 on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libgap8 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libgap8
Uninstall libgap8 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libgap8 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgap8
Remove libgap8 Configurations and Data
To remove libgap8 configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libgap8
Remove libgap8 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libgap8 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgap8
Dependencies
libgap8 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgap8 package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
