How To Install octave-ga on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install octave-ga
on Debian 10.
What is octave-ga
octave-ga is:
This package provides function to work with genetic algorithms in Octave, a numerical computation software. It provides the ga() function, which works similarly to other optimization functions in Octave.
This Octave add-on package is part of the Octave-Forge project.
There are three methods to install octave-ga
on Debian 10. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install octave-ga Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install octave-ga
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install octave-ga
Install octave-ga Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install octave-ga
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install octave-ga
Install octave-ga 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 octave-ga
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install octave-ga
How To Uninstall octave-ga on Debian 10
To uninstall only the octave-ga
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove octave-ga
Uninstall octave-ga And Its Dependencies
To uninstall octave-ga
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove octave-ga
Remove octave-ga Configurations and Data
To remove octave-ga
configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge octave-ga
Remove octave-ga configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove octave-ga
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge octave-ga
Dependencies
octave-ga have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install octave-ga
package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.