How To Install octave-strings on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install octave-strings on Debian 9.
What is octave-strings
octave-strings is:
This package provides additional functions to manipulate strings in Octave, including the possibility to decode from and encode into base64, and using Perl-compatible regular expressions.
This Octave add-on package is part of the Octave-Forge project.
There are three methods to install octave-strings 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-strings 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-strings using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install octave-strings
Install octave-strings Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install octave-strings using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install octave-strings
Install octave-strings 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-strings using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install octave-strings
How To Uninstall octave-strings on Debian 9
To uninstall only the octave-strings package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove octave-strings
Uninstall octave-strings And Its Dependencies
To uninstall octave-strings and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove octave-strings
Remove octave-strings Configurations and Data
To remove octave-strings configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge octave-strings
Remove octave-strings configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove octave-strings configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge octave-strings
Dependencies
octave-strings have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install octave-strings package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.