How To Install libgdsii-dev on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgdsii-dev
on Debian 11.
What is libgdsii-dev
libgdsii-dev is:
This is a C++ library for working with GDSII binary data files, intended primarily for use with the computational electromagnetism codes scuff-em and meep but sufficiently general-purpose to allow other uses as well.
This package contains the development files for the library.
There are three methods to install libgdsii-dev
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 libgdsii-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 libgdsii-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libgdsii-dev
Install libgdsii-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libgdsii-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libgdsii-dev
Install libgdsii-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 libgdsii-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libgdsii-dev
How To Uninstall libgdsii-dev on Debian 11
To uninstall only the libgdsii-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libgdsii-dev
Uninstall libgdsii-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libgdsii-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgdsii-dev
Remove libgdsii-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libgdsii-dev
configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libgdsii-dev
Remove libgdsii-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libgdsii-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgdsii-dev
Dependencies
libgdsii-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgdsii-dev
package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.