How To Install libprimesieve7-dev-common on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libprimesieve7-dev-common on Debian 9.
What is libprimesieve7-dev-common
libprimesieve7-dev-common is:
primesieve is a free software program and C/C++ library that generates primes using a highly optimized sieve of Eratosthenes implementation. primesieve can generate primes and prime k-tuplets up to nearly 2^64.
See http://primesieve.org/ for more information.
This package provides the headers needed by developers.
There are three methods to install libprimesieve7-dev-common on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libprimesieve7-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 libprimesieve7-dev-common using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libprimesieve7-dev-common
Install libprimesieve7-dev-common Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libprimesieve7-dev-common using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libprimesieve7-dev-common
Install libprimesieve7-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 libprimesieve7-dev-common using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libprimesieve7-dev-common
How To Uninstall libprimesieve7-dev-common on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libprimesieve7-dev-common package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libprimesieve7-dev-common
Uninstall libprimesieve7-dev-common And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libprimesieve7-dev-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libprimesieve7-dev-common
Remove libprimesieve7-dev-common Configurations and Data
To remove libprimesieve7-dev-common configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libprimesieve7-dev-common
Remove libprimesieve7-dev-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libprimesieve7-dev-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libprimesieve7-dev-common
Dependencies
libprimesieve7-dev-common have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libprimesieve7-dev-common package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.