How To Install liboctave8 on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install liboctave8 on Debian 11.
What is liboctave8
liboctave8 is:
Octave is a (mostly MATLAB? compatible) high-level language, primarily intended for numerical computations. It provides a convenient command-line interface for solving linear and nonlinear problems numerically.
This package provides the shared libraries used by the interpreter.
There are three methods to install liboctave8 on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install liboctave8 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install liboctave8 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install liboctave8
Install liboctave8 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install liboctave8 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install liboctave8
Install liboctave8 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 liboctave8 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install liboctave8
How To Uninstall liboctave8 on Debian 11
To uninstall only the liboctave8 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove liboctave8
Uninstall liboctave8 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall liboctave8 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove liboctave8
Remove liboctave8 Configurations and Data
To remove liboctave8 configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge liboctave8
Remove liboctave8 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove liboctave8 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge liboctave8
Dependencies
liboctave8 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install liboctave8 package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
