How To Install libpurify2.0 on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpurify2.0 on Debian 9. libpurify2.0 is Routines for radio interferometric imaging (shared lib)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpurify2.0 on Debian 9.

What is libpurify2.0

libpurify2.0 is:

PURIFY is a collection of routines written in C that implements different tools for radio interferometric imaging including file handling (for both visibilities and fits files), implementation of the measurement operator and set-up of the different optimization problems used for image deconvolution. The code calls the generic Sparse OPTimization (SOPT) package to solve the imaging optimization problems.

This package contains the shared library.

There are three methods to install libpurify2.0 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 libpurify2.0 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libpurify2.0 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libpurify2.0

Install libpurify2.0 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libpurify2.0 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libpurify2.0

Install libpurify2.0 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 libpurify2.0 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libpurify2.0

How To Uninstall libpurify2.0 on Debian 9

To uninstall only the libpurify2.0 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libpurify2.0

Uninstall libpurify2.0 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libpurify2.0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpurify2.0

Remove libpurify2.0 Configurations and Data

To remove libpurify2.0 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libpurify2.0

Remove libpurify2.0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libpurify2.0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpurify2.0

Dependencies

libpurify2.0 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpurify2.0 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.