How To Install libghc-graphviz-dev on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libghc-graphviz-dev on Debian 9. libghc-graphviz-dev is bindings to Graphviz for graph visualization

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libghc-graphviz-dev on Debian 9.

What is libghc-graphviz-dev

libghc-graphviz-dev is:

This library provides bindings for the Dot language used by the Graphviz (http://graphviz.org/) suite of programs for visualising graphs, as well as functions to call those programs.

Main features of the graphviz library include:

Almost complete coverage of all Graphviz attributes and syntax.

Support for specifying clusters.

The ability to use a custom node type.

Functions for running a Graphviz layout tool with all specified output types.

The ability to not only generate but also parse Dot code with two options: strict and liberal (in terms of ordering of statements).

Functions to convert FGL graphs and other graph-like data structures to Dot code - including support to group them into clusters - with a high degree of customisation by specifying which attributes to use and limited support for the inverse operation.

Round-trip support for passing an FGL graph through Graphviz to augment node and edge labels with positional information, etc.

This package provides a library for the Haskell programming language. See http://www.haskell.org/ for more information on Haskell.

There are three methods to install libghc-graphviz-dev on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libghc-graphviz-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 libghc-graphviz-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libghc-graphviz-dev

Install libghc-graphviz-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libghc-graphviz-dev

Install libghc-graphviz-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 libghc-graphviz-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libghc-graphviz-dev

How To Uninstall libghc-graphviz-dev on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove libghc-graphviz-dev

Uninstall libghc-graphviz-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libghc-graphviz-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libghc-graphviz-dev

Remove libghc-graphviz-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libghc-graphviz-dev configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libghc-graphviz-dev

Remove libghc-graphviz-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libghc-graphviz-dev

Dependencies

libghc-graphviz-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libghc-graphviz-dev package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.