How To Install libsuitesparse-dev on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsuitesparse-dev on Debian 10.
What is libsuitesparse-dev
libsuitesparse-dev is:
Suitesparse is a collection of libraries for computations involving sparse matrices. This package includes the following libraries:
AMD approximate minimum degree ordering
CAMD symmetric approximate minimum degree
BTF permutation to block triangular form (beta)
COLAMD column approximate minimum degree ordering
CCOLAMD constrained column approximate minimum degree ordering
CHOLMOD sparse Cholesky factorization
CXSparse a concise sparse matrix package
KLU sparse LU factorization, primarily for circuit simulation
LDL a simple LDL’ factorization
UMFPACK sparse LU factorization
RBio read/write sparse matrices in Rutherford/Boeing format
SPQR sparse QR factorization
GraphBLAS graph algorithms via sparse matrix operations on semirings
Mongoose graph partitioning library that can quickly compute edge cuts
SuiteSparse_config configuration routines for all the above packages.
This package contains the static libraries and header files.
There are three methods to install libsuitesparse-dev 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 libsuitesparse-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 libsuitesparse-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libsuitesparse-dev
Install libsuitesparse-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libsuitesparse-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libsuitesparse-dev
Install libsuitesparse-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 libsuitesparse-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libsuitesparse-dev
How To Uninstall libsuitesparse-dev on Debian 10
To uninstall only the libsuitesparse-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libsuitesparse-dev
Uninstall libsuitesparse-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libsuitesparse-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsuitesparse-dev
Remove libsuitesparse-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libsuitesparse-dev configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libsuitesparse-dev
Remove libsuitesparse-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libsuitesparse-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libsuitesparse-dev
Dependencies
libsuitesparse-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsuitesparse-dev package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
