How To Install libncl-dev on Debian 10

Learn how to install libncl-dev on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libncl-dev is NEXUS Class Library (static lib and header files)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libncl-dev on Debian 10.

What is libncl-dev

libncl-dev is:

The NEXUS Class Library is a C++ library for parsing NEXUS files.

The NEXUS file format is widely used in bioinformatics. Several popular phylogenetic programs such as Paup, MrBayes, Mesquite, and MacClade use this format.

This package contains the static library and header files of the NEXUS library.

There are three methods to install libncl-dev on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libncl-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 libncl-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libncl-dev

Install libncl-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libncl-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libncl-dev

How To Uninstall libncl-dev on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove libncl-dev

Uninstall libncl-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libncl-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libncl-dev

Remove libncl-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libncl-dev configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libncl-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libncl-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libncl-dev package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.