How To Install libmps-fortran0 on Debian 12

Learn how to install libmps-fortran0 on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libmps-fortran0 is Multiprecision polynomial solver (FORTRAN module)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmps-fortran0 on Debian 12.

What is libmps-fortran0

libmps-fortran0 is:

A polynomial rootfinder that can determine arbitrary precision approximations with guaranteed inclusion radii. It supports exploiting of polynomial structures such as sparsisty and allows for polynomial implicitly defined or in some non standard basis.

This package contains the module MPS that can be used to call MPSolve from FORTRAN programs.

There are three methods to install libmps-fortran0 on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libmps-fortran0 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libmps-fortran0 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libmps-fortran0

Install libmps-fortran0 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libmps-fortran0 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libmps-fortran0

Install libmps-fortran0 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 libmps-fortran0 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libmps-fortran0

How To Uninstall libmps-fortran0 on Debian 12

To uninstall only the libmps-fortran0 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libmps-fortran0

Uninstall libmps-fortran0 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libmps-fortran0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmps-fortran0

Remove libmps-fortran0 Configurations and Data

To remove libmps-fortran0 configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libmps-fortran0

Remove libmps-fortran0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libmps-fortran0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmps-fortran0

Dependencies

libmps-fortran0 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmps-fortran0 package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.