How To Install libprimecount7 on Debian 12

Learn how to install libprimecount7 on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libprimecount7 is fast prime number counter C/C++ library – lib

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libprimecount7 on Debian 12.

What is libprimecount7

libprimecount7 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 shared library.

There are three methods to install libprimecount7 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 libprimecount7 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libprimecount7 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libprimecount7

Install libprimecount7 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libprimecount7 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libprimecount7

Install libprimecount7 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 libprimecount7 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libprimecount7

How To Uninstall libprimecount7 on Debian 12

To uninstall only the libprimecount7 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libprimecount7

Uninstall libprimecount7 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libprimecount7 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libprimecount7

Remove libprimecount7 Configurations and Data

To remove libprimecount7 configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libprimecount7

Remove libprimecount7 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libprimecount7 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libprimecount7

Dependencies

libprimecount7 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libprimecount7 package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.