How To Install libplfit0 on Debian 12

Learn how to install libplfit0 on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libplfit0 is fitting power-law distributions to empirical data – library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libplfit0 on Debian 12.

What is libplfit0

libplfit0 is:

The plfit software fits power-law distributions to empirical (discrete or continuous) data, according to the method of Clauset, Shalizi and Newman [SIAM Review 51, 661-703 (2009)].

This package provides the shared library required to run programs compiled against the plfit library. To compile your own programs you also need to install the libplfit-dev package.

There are three methods to install libplfit0 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 libplfit0 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libplfit0 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libplfit0

Install libplfit0 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libplfit0 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libplfit0

Install libplfit0 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 libplfit0 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libplfit0

How To Uninstall libplfit0 on Debian 12

To uninstall only the libplfit0 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libplfit0

Uninstall libplfit0 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libplfit0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libplfit0

Remove libplfit0 Configurations and Data

To remove libplfit0 configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libplfit0

Remove libplfit0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libplfit0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libplfit0

Dependencies

libplfit0 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libplfit0 package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.