How To Install libsuitesparseconfig5 on Debian 10

Learn how to install libsuitesparseconfig5 on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libsuitesparseconfig5 is configuration routines for all SuiteSparse modules

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsuitesparseconfig5 on Debian 10.

What is libsuitesparseconfig5

libsuitesparseconfig5 is:

Suitesparse is a collection of libraries for computations involving sparse matrices.

The SuiteSparse_config library provides configuration routines that are common to all SuiteSparse libraries.

There are three methods to install libsuitesparseconfig5 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 libsuitesparseconfig5 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libsuitesparseconfig5 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libsuitesparseconfig5

Install libsuitesparseconfig5 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libsuitesparseconfig5 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libsuitesparseconfig5

Install libsuitesparseconfig5 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 libsuitesparseconfig5 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libsuitesparseconfig5

How To Uninstall libsuitesparseconfig5 on Debian 10

To uninstall only the libsuitesparseconfig5 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libsuitesparseconfig5

Uninstall libsuitesparseconfig5 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libsuitesparseconfig5 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsuitesparseconfig5

Remove libsuitesparseconfig5 Configurations and Data

To remove libsuitesparseconfig5 configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libsuitesparseconfig5

Remove libsuitesparseconfig5 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libsuitesparseconfig5 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libsuitesparseconfig5

Dependencies

libsuitesparseconfig5 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsuitesparseconfig5 package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.