How To Install matlab-zmat on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install matlab-zmat on Debian 12.
What is matlab-zmat
matlab-zmat is:
ZMat is a portable mex function to enable zlib/gzip/lzma/lzip/lz4/lz4hc based data compression/decompression and base64 encoding/decoding support in MATLAB and GNU Octave.
This package builds MATLAB bindings for zmat at installation time. Note that this package depends on MATLAB – a commercial software that needs to be obtain and installed separately.
There are three methods to install matlab-zmat 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 matlab-zmat Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install matlab-zmat using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install matlab-zmat
Install matlab-zmat Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install matlab-zmat using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install matlab-zmat
Install matlab-zmat 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 matlab-zmat using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install matlab-zmat
How To Uninstall matlab-zmat on Debian 12
To uninstall only the matlab-zmat package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove matlab-zmat
Uninstall matlab-zmat And Its Dependencies
To uninstall matlab-zmat and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove matlab-zmat
Remove matlab-zmat Configurations and Data
To remove matlab-zmat configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge matlab-zmat
Remove matlab-zmat configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove matlab-zmat configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge matlab-zmat
Dependencies
matlab-zmat have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install matlab-zmat package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
