How To Install octave-optiminterp on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install octave-optiminterp on Debian 9. octave-optiminterp is optimal interpolation package for Octave

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install octave-optiminterp on Debian 9.

What is octave-optiminterp

octave-optiminterp is:

This package is an optimal interpolation package for Octave, a numerical computation software. This package provides functions to do n-dimensional optimal interpolations of arbitrarily distributed data points.

This Octave add-on package is part of the Octave-Forge project.

There are three methods to install octave-optiminterp on Debian 9. 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-optiminterp 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-optiminterp using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install octave-optiminterp

Install octave-optiminterp Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install octave-optiminterp using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install octave-optiminterp

Install octave-optiminterp 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-optiminterp using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install octave-optiminterp

How To Uninstall octave-optiminterp on Debian 9

To uninstall only the octave-optiminterp package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove octave-optiminterp

Uninstall octave-optiminterp And Its Dependencies

To uninstall octave-optiminterp and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove octave-optiminterp

Remove octave-optiminterp Configurations and Data

To remove octave-optiminterp configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge octave-optiminterp

Remove octave-optiminterp configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove octave-optiminterp configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge octave-optiminterp

Dependencies

octave-optiminterp have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install octave-optiminterp package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.