How To Install liblapacke-dev on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install liblapacke-dev on Debian 9.
What is liblapacke-dev
liblapacke-dev 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.
This package contains development files for the C language library for LAPACK, including a static version of the library.
There are three methods to install liblapacke-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 liblapacke-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 liblapacke-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install liblapacke-dev
Install liblapacke-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install liblapacke-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install liblapacke-dev
Install liblapacke-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 liblapacke-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install liblapacke-dev
How To Uninstall liblapacke-dev on Debian 9
To uninstall only the liblapacke-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove liblapacke-dev
Uninstall liblapacke-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall liblapacke-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove liblapacke-dev
Remove liblapacke-dev Configurations and Data
To remove liblapacke-dev configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge liblapacke-dev
Remove liblapacke-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove liblapacke-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge liblapacke-dev
Dependencies
liblapacke-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install liblapacke-dev package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.