How To Install libmatheval1 on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmatheval1 on Debian 9. libmatheval1 is GNU library for evaluating symbolic mathematical expressions (runtime)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmatheval1 on Debian 9.

What is libmatheval1

libmatheval1 is:

GNU libmatheval is a library comprising of several procedures that make it possible to create an in-memory tree representation of mathematical functions over single or multiple variables and later use this representation to evaluate functions for specified variable values, to create corresponding trees for function derivatives over specified variables or to print textual representations of in-memory trees to a specified string. The library supports arbitrary variable names in expressions, decimal constants, basic unary and binary operators and elementary mathematical functions.

This package contains the runtime shared library.

There are three methods to install libmatheval1 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 libmatheval1 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libmatheval1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libmatheval1

Install libmatheval1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libmatheval1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libmatheval1

Install libmatheval1 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 libmatheval1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libmatheval1

How To Uninstall libmatheval1 on Debian 9

To uninstall only the libmatheval1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libmatheval1

Uninstall libmatheval1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libmatheval1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmatheval1

Remove libmatheval1 Configurations and Data

To remove libmatheval1 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libmatheval1

Remove libmatheval1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libmatheval1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmatheval1

Dependencies

libmatheval1 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmatheval1 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.