How To Install libmuparser-dev on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmuparser-dev on Debian 9. libmuparser-dev is fast mathematical expressions parse library (development)

Introduction

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

What is libmuparser-dev

libmuparser-dev is:

muParser is a high performance mathematical parser library, written in pure C++. It is based on transforming an expression into a bytecode and precalculating constant parts of it.

This package contains the development files.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libmuparser-dev

Install libmuparser-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libmuparser-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libmuparser-dev

How To Uninstall libmuparser-dev on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove libmuparser-dev

Uninstall libmuparser-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmuparser-dev

Remove libmuparser-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libmuparser-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libmuparser-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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