How To Install liblbfgsb-examples on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install liblbfgsb-examples on Debian 10.
What is liblbfgsb-examples
liblbfgsb-examples is:
Fortran library implementing limited-memory quasi-Newton bound-constrained optimization as described in [1,2,3].
This package contains some example programs, their source code and example output as provided by upstream.
[1] R. H. Byrd, P. Lu and J. Nocedal. A Limited Memory Algorithm for Bound Constrained Optimization, (1995), SIAM Journal on Scientific and Statistical Computing , 16, 5, pp. 1190-1208.
[2] C. Zhu, R. H. Byrd and J. Nocedal. L-BFGS-B: Algorithm 778: L-BFGS-B, FORTRAN routines for large scale bound constrained optimization (1997), ACM Transactions on Mathematical Software, Vol 23, Num. 4, pp. 550 - 560.
[3] J.L. Morales and J. Nocedal. L-BFGS-B: Remark on Algorithm 778: L-BFGS-B, FORTRAN routines for large scale bound constrained optimization (2011), to appear in ACM Transactions on Mathematical Software.
There are three methods to install liblbfgsb-examples 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 liblbfgsb-examples Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install liblbfgsb-examples using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install liblbfgsb-examples
Install liblbfgsb-examples Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install liblbfgsb-examples using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install liblbfgsb-examples
Install liblbfgsb-examples 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 liblbfgsb-examples using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install liblbfgsb-examples
How To Uninstall liblbfgsb-examples on Debian 10
To uninstall only the liblbfgsb-examples package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove liblbfgsb-examples
Uninstall liblbfgsb-examples And Its Dependencies
To uninstall liblbfgsb-examples and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove liblbfgsb-examples
Remove liblbfgsb-examples Configurations and Data
To remove liblbfgsb-examples configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge liblbfgsb-examples
Remove liblbfgsb-examples configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove liblbfgsb-examples configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge liblbfgsb-examples
Dependencies
liblbfgsb-examples have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install liblbfgsb-examples package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.