How To Install libzfp-dev on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libzfp-dev on Debian 12.
What is libzfp-dev
libzfp-dev is:
This is a compressed format for representing multidimensional floating-point and integer arrays. zfp provides compressed-array classes that support high throughput read and write random access to individual array elements. zfp also supports serial and parallel (OpenMP and CUDA) compression of whole arrays, e.g., for applications that read and write large data sets to and from disk.
This is a development package of zfp.
There are three methods to install libzfp-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 libzfp-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 libzfp-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libzfp-dev
Install libzfp-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libzfp-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libzfp-dev
Install libzfp-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 libzfp-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libzfp-dev
How To Uninstall libzfp-dev on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libzfp-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libzfp-dev
Uninstall libzfp-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libzfp-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libzfp-dev
Remove libzfp-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libzfp-dev configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libzfp-dev
Remove libzfp-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libzfp-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libzfp-dev
Dependencies
libzfp-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libzfp-dev package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
