How To Install libgraph-writer-dsm-perl on Debian 12

Learn how to install libgraph-writer-dsm-perl on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libgraph-writer-dsm-perl is Perl module to draw Graph object as a DSM matrix

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgraph-writer-dsm-perl on Debian 12.

What is libgraph-writer-dsm-perl

libgraph-writer-dsm-perl is:

Graph::Writer::DSM writes Graph object as a quadractic matrix N x N, where N is the number of vertices in the graph. It uses Gnuplot and is useful to visualize graphs with huge number of vertices, graphs with 1k vertices for example.

See more about DSM: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Design_structure_matrix

There are three methods to install libgraph-writer-dsm-perl 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 libgraph-writer-dsm-perl Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libgraph-writer-dsm-perl using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libgraph-writer-dsm-perl

Install libgraph-writer-dsm-perl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libgraph-writer-dsm-perl using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libgraph-writer-dsm-perl

Install libgraph-writer-dsm-perl 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 libgraph-writer-dsm-perl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libgraph-writer-dsm-perl

How To Uninstall libgraph-writer-dsm-perl on Debian 12

To uninstall only the libgraph-writer-dsm-perl package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libgraph-writer-dsm-perl

Uninstall libgraph-writer-dsm-perl And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libgraph-writer-dsm-perl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgraph-writer-dsm-perl

Remove libgraph-writer-dsm-perl Configurations and Data

To remove libgraph-writer-dsm-perl configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libgraph-writer-dsm-perl

Remove libgraph-writer-dsm-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libgraph-writer-dsm-perl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgraph-writer-dsm-perl

Dependencies

libgraph-writer-dsm-perl have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgraph-writer-dsm-perl package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.