How To Install libmagics++-dev on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmagics++-dev on Debian 9.
What is libmagics++-dev
libmagics++-dev is:
Magics++ is the latest generation of the ECMWF’s Meteorological plotting software MAGICS. Although completely redesigned in C++, it is intended to be as backwards-compatible as possible with the Fortran interface. Besides its programming interfaces (Fortran and C), Magics++ offers MagML, a plot description language based on XML aimed at automatic web production.
This package includes the header files and static libraries needed to build against libmagics++.
There are three methods to install libmagics++-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 libmagics++-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 libmagics++-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libmagics++-dev
Install libmagics++-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libmagics++-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libmagics++-dev
Install libmagics++-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 libmagics++-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libmagics++-dev
How To Uninstall libmagics++-dev on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libmagics++-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libmagics++-dev
Uninstall libmagics++-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libmagics++-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmagics++-dev
Remove libmagics++-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libmagics++-dev configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libmagics++-dev
Remove libmagics++-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libmagics++-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmagics++-dev
Dependencies
libmagics++-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmagics++-dev package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.