How To Install mcl on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mcl on Debian 11.
What is mcl
mcl is:
The MCL package is an implementation of the MCL algorithm, and offers utilities for manipulating sparse matrices (the essential data structure in the MCL algorithm) and conducting cluster experiments.
MCL is currently being used in sciences like biology (protein family detection, genomics), computer science (node clustering in Peer-to-Peer networks), and linguistics (text analysis).
There are three methods to install mcl on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install mcl Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install mcl using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mcl
Install mcl Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mcl using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mcl
Install mcl 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 mcl using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mcl
How To Uninstall mcl on Debian 11
To uninstall only the mcl package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mcl
Uninstall mcl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mcl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mcl
Remove mcl Configurations and Data
To remove mcl configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mcl
Remove mcl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mcl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mcl
Dependencies
mcl have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mcl package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.