How To Install libnauty2 on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnauty2 on Debian 12.
What is libnauty2
libnauty2 is:
nauty (No AUTomorphisms, Yes?) is a set of procedures for computing automorphism groups of graphs and digraphs. This mathematical software suite is developed by Brendan McKay and Adolfo Piperno: http://pallini.di.uniroma1.it
nauty computes graph information in the form of a set of generators, the size of the group, and the orbits of the group; it can also produce a canonical label. The nauty suite is written in C and comes with a command-line interface, a collection of command-line tools, and an Application Programming Interface (API).
This package provides the shared libraries required to run programs compiled against the nauty library. To compile your own programs you also need to install the libnauty2-dev package.
There are three methods to install libnauty2 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 libnauty2 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libnauty2 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libnauty2
Install libnauty2 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libnauty2 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libnauty2
Install libnauty2 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 libnauty2 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libnauty2
How To Uninstall libnauty2 on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libnauty2 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libnauty2
Uninstall libnauty2 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libnauty2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libnauty2
Remove libnauty2 Configurations and Data
To remove libnauty2 configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libnauty2
Remove libnauty2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libnauty2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libnauty2
Dependencies
libnauty2 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnauty2 package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
