How To Install pari-galdata on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pari-galdata
on Debian 11.
What is pari-galdata
pari-galdata is:
PARI/GP is a widely used computer algebra system designed for fast computations in number theory (factorizations, algebraic number theory, elliptic curves…), but also contains a large number of other useful functions to compute with mathematical entities such as matrices, polynomials, power series, algebraic numbers, etc., and a lot of transcendental functions. PARI is also available as a C library to allow for faster computations.
Originally developed by Henri Cohen and his co-workers (University Bordeaux I, France), PARI is now under the GPL and maintained by Karim Belabas with the help of many volunteer contributors.
This package contains the optional PARI package galdata which provides the Galois resolvents for the polgalois function, for degrees 8 through 11.
There are three methods to install pari-galdata
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 pari-galdata Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install pari-galdata
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install pari-galdata
Install pari-galdata Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install pari-galdata
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install pari-galdata
Install pari-galdata 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 pari-galdata
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install pari-galdata
How To Uninstall pari-galdata on Debian 11
To uninstall only the pari-galdata
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove pari-galdata
Uninstall pari-galdata And Its Dependencies
To uninstall pari-galdata
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove pari-galdata
Remove pari-galdata Configurations and Data
To remove pari-galdata
configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge pari-galdata
Remove pari-galdata configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove pari-galdata
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pari-galdata
Dependencies
pari-galdata have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pari-galdata
package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.