How To Install libprimecount-dev-common on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libprimecount-dev-common on Debian 12.
What is libprimecount-dev-common
libprimecount-dev-common is:
primecount is a free software program and C/C++ library that counts the primes below an integer x <= 10^31 using highly optimized implementations of the combinatorial prime counting algorithms.
See https://github.com/kimwalisch/primecount for more information.
This package provides the headers needed by developers.
There are three methods to install libprimecount-dev-common 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 libprimecount-dev-common Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libprimecount-dev-common using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libprimecount-dev-common
Install libprimecount-dev-common Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libprimecount-dev-common using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libprimecount-dev-common
Install libprimecount-dev-common 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 libprimecount-dev-common using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libprimecount-dev-common
How To Uninstall libprimecount-dev-common on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libprimecount-dev-common package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libprimecount-dev-common
Uninstall libprimecount-dev-common And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libprimecount-dev-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libprimecount-dev-common
Remove libprimecount-dev-common Configurations and Data
To remove libprimecount-dev-common configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libprimecount-dev-common
Remove libprimecount-dev-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libprimecount-dev-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libprimecount-dev-common
Dependencies
libprimecount-dev-common have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libprimecount-dev-common package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
