How To Install libhomfly-dev on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libhomfly-dev on Debian 10.
What is libhomfly-dev
libhomfly-dev is:
libhomfly is a library to compute the homfly polynomial of knots and links.
It is based on a program written by Robert J Jenkins Jr.
This package contains the development files for the library.
There are three methods to install libhomfly-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 libhomfly-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 libhomfly-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libhomfly-dev
Install libhomfly-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libhomfly-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libhomfly-dev
Install libhomfly-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 libhomfly-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libhomfly-dev
How To Uninstall libhomfly-dev on Debian 10
To uninstall only the libhomfly-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libhomfly-dev
Uninstall libhomfly-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libhomfly-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libhomfly-dev
Remove libhomfly-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libhomfly-dev configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libhomfly-dev
Remove libhomfly-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libhomfly-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libhomfly-dev
Dependencies
libhomfly-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libhomfly-dev package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.