How To Install libsymmetrica2 on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsymmetrica2 on Debian 9.
What is libsymmetrica2
libsymmetrica2 is:
Symmetrica is a library for combinatorics. It has support for the representation theory of the symmetric group and related groups, combinatorics of tableaux, symmetric functions and polynomials, Schubert polynomials, and the representation theory of Hecke algebras of type A_n.
This package provides the shared library required to run programs compiled against the Symmetrica Combinatoric C Library. To compile your own program you also need to install the libsymmetrica2-dev package.
There are three methods to install libsymmetrica2 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 libsymmetrica2 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libsymmetrica2 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libsymmetrica2
Install libsymmetrica2 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libsymmetrica2 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libsymmetrica2
Install libsymmetrica2 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 libsymmetrica2 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libsymmetrica2
How To Uninstall libsymmetrica2 on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libsymmetrica2 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libsymmetrica2
Uninstall libsymmetrica2 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libsymmetrica2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsymmetrica2
Remove libsymmetrica2 Configurations and Data
To remove libsymmetrica2 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libsymmetrica2
Remove libsymmetrica2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libsymmetrica2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libsymmetrica2
Dependencies
libsymmetrica2 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsymmetrica2 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.