How To Install libvdt0.4 on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvdt0.4 on Debian 12.
What is libvdt0.4
libvdt0.4 is:
This is vectorised math library
- a collection of fast and inline implementations of mathematical functions
- the functions can be used in autovectorised loops
- double and single precision implementations are available
- no overhead present, no intrinsics used
A scalar (T(T)) and array signature (void(const unsigned int, T*, T*)) are provided. Born and developed at CERN, it is used, among the others, by LHC experiments and the Geant4 simulation toolkit.
Much of the VDT code is inspired by the well known Cephes mathematical library.
There are three methods to install libvdt0.4 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 libvdt0.4 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libvdt0.4 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libvdt0.4
Install libvdt0.4 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libvdt0.4 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libvdt0.4
Install libvdt0.4 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 libvdt0.4 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libvdt0.4
How To Uninstall libvdt0.4 on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libvdt0.4 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libvdt0.4
Uninstall libvdt0.4 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libvdt0.4 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libvdt0.4
Remove libvdt0.4 Configurations and Data
To remove libvdt0.4 configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libvdt0.4
Remove libvdt0.4 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libvdt0.4 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libvdt0.4
Dependencies
libvdt0.4 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvdt0.4 package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
