How To Install octave-zeromq on Debian 10

Learn how to install octave-zeromq on Debian 10 with this tutorial. octave-zeromq is ZeroMQ binding for Octave

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install octave-zeromq on Debian 10.

What is octave-zeromq

octave-zeromq is:

ZeroMQ is a library which extends the standard socket interfaces, providing an abstraction of asynchronous message queues, multiple messaging patterns, message filtering (subscriptions), seamless access to multiple transport protocols and more. This package contains the binding to the ZeroMQ library for use in Octave, a scientific computation software.

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

There are three methods to install octave-zeromq 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-zeromq 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-zeromq using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install octave-zeromq

Install octave-zeromq Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install octave-zeromq

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

sudo aptitude -y install octave-zeromq

How To Uninstall octave-zeromq on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove octave-zeromq

Uninstall octave-zeromq And Its Dependencies

To uninstall octave-zeromq and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove octave-zeromq

Remove octave-zeromq Configurations and Data

To remove octave-zeromq configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge octave-zeromq

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

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

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

Dependencies

octave-zeromq have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install octave-zeromq package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.