How To Install libginac-dev on Debian 10

Learn how to install libginac-dev on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libginac-dev is GiNaC symbolic framework development files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libginac-dev on Debian 10.

What is libginac-dev

libginac-dev is:

GiNaC (which stands for “GiNaC is Not a CAS (Computer Algebra System)”) is a library for doing symbolic (i.e. non-numeric) computation directly in the C++ programming language.

This package provides header files, a static library plus a tutorial as info file.

There are three methods to install libginac-dev on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libginac-dev

Install libginac-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libginac-dev

Install libginac-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 libginac-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libginac-dev

How To Uninstall libginac-dev on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove libginac-dev

Uninstall libginac-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libginac-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libginac-dev

Remove libginac-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libginac-dev configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libginac-dev

Remove libginac-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libginac-dev

Dependencies

libginac-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libginac-dev package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.