How To Install libtopcom-dev on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libtopcom-dev on Debian 12.
What is libtopcom-dev
libtopcom-dev is:
TOPCOM is a collection of clients to compute Triangulations Of Point Configurations and Oriented Matroids, resp.
The algorithms use only combinatorial data of the point configuration as is given by its oriented matroid. Some basic commands for computing and manipulating oriented matroids can also be accessed by the user.
It was very much inspired by the maple program PUNTOS, which was written by Jesus de Loera. TOPCOM is entirely written in C++, so there is a significant speed up compared to PUNTOS.
This package contains the static libraries, versionless symlinks to the shared libraries, and header files.
There are three methods to install libtopcom-dev on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libtopcom-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 libtopcom-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libtopcom-dev
Install libtopcom-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libtopcom-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libtopcom-dev
Install libtopcom-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 libtopcom-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libtopcom-dev
How To Uninstall libtopcom-dev on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libtopcom-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libtopcom-dev
Uninstall libtopcom-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libtopcom-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libtopcom-dev
Remove libtopcom-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libtopcom-dev configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libtopcom-dev
Remove libtopcom-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libtopcom-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libtopcom-dev
Dependencies
libtopcom-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libtopcom-dev package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
