How To Install libprimesieve9 on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libprimesieve9 on Debian 10.
What is libprimesieve9
libprimesieve9 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 shared library.
There are three methods to install libprimesieve9 on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libprimesieve9 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libprimesieve9 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libprimesieve9
Install libprimesieve9 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libprimesieve9 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libprimesieve9
Install libprimesieve9 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 libprimesieve9 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libprimesieve9
How To Uninstall libprimesieve9 on Debian 10
To uninstall only the libprimesieve9 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libprimesieve9
Uninstall libprimesieve9 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libprimesieve9 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libprimesieve9
Remove libprimesieve9 Configurations and Data
To remove libprimesieve9 configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libprimesieve9
Remove libprimesieve9 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libprimesieve9 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libprimesieve9
Dependencies
libprimesieve9 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libprimesieve9 package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.