How To Install libprimesieve7-dev on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libprimesieve7-dev on Debian 9.
What is libprimesieve7-dev
libprimesieve7-dev 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 static library and symbolic links needed for development.
There are three methods to install libprimesieve7-dev 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 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 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libprimesieve7-dev
Install libprimesieve7-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libprimesieve7-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libprimesieve7-dev
Install libprimesieve7-dev 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 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libprimesieve7-dev
How To Uninstall libprimesieve7-dev on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libprimesieve7-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libprimesieve7-dev
Uninstall libprimesieve7-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libprimesieve7-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libprimesieve7-dev
Remove libprimesieve7-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libprimesieve7-dev configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libprimesieve7-dev
Remove libprimesieve7-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libprimesieve7-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libprimesieve7-dev
Dependencies
libprimesieve7-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libprimesieve7-dev package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.