How To Install liblapack-pic on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install liblapack-pic on Debian 10.
What is liblapack-pic
liblapack-pic is:
LAPACK version 3.X is a comprehensive FORTRAN library that does linear algebra operations including matrix inversions, least squared solutions to linear sets of equations, eigenvector analysis, singular value decomposition, etc. It is a very comprehensive and reputable package that has found extensive use in the scientific community.
Normally one would want to use non-PIC code for static linking. In this case, install liblapack-dev. This package is provided for other packages, such as ATLAS, needing access to PIC versions of the lapack objects in their own build process.
There are three methods to install liblapack-pic 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 liblapack-pic Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install liblapack-pic using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install liblapack-pic
Install liblapack-pic Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install liblapack-pic using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install liblapack-pic
Install liblapack-pic 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 liblapack-pic using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install liblapack-pic
How To Uninstall liblapack-pic on Debian 10
To uninstall only the liblapack-pic package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove liblapack-pic
Uninstall liblapack-pic And Its Dependencies
To uninstall liblapack-pic and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove liblapack-pic
Remove liblapack-pic Configurations and Data
To remove liblapack-pic configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge liblapack-pic
Remove liblapack-pic configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove liblapack-pic configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge liblapack-pic
Dependencies
liblapack-pic have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install liblapack-pic package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.