How To Install libmaxflow-dev on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmaxflow-dev on Debian 9. libmaxflow-dev is Development files for the maxflow-mincut algorithm

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmaxflow-dev on Debian 9.

What is libmaxflow-dev

libmaxflow-dev is:

This library implements an efficient minimum cut/maximum flow algorithms on graphs that can be used for exact or approximate energy minimization in low-level vision. The algorithm provides a high performance that makes near real-time performance possible. This package provides the development files for the library.

There are three methods to install libmaxflow-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 libmaxflow-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 libmaxflow-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libmaxflow-dev

Install libmaxflow-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libmaxflow-dev

Install libmaxflow-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 libmaxflow-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libmaxflow-dev

How To Uninstall libmaxflow-dev on Debian 9

To uninstall only the libmaxflow-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libmaxflow-dev

Uninstall libmaxflow-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmaxflow-dev

Remove libmaxflow-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libmaxflow-dev configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libmaxflow-dev

Remove libmaxflow-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmaxflow-dev

Dependencies

libmaxflow-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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