How To Install phat-utils on Debian 12

Learn how to install phat-utils on Debian 12 with this tutorial. phat-utils is Utilities from the PHAT library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install phat-utils on Debian 12.

What is phat-utils

phat-utils is:

The Persistent Homology Algorithm Toolox is a header-only C++ library for performing the filtered Z/2Z (co)boundary matrix operations commonly needed when computing (persistent) (co)homology in topological data analysis.

This package contains some standalone utilities built using the PHAT library, such as persistent homology of a given filtered boundary matrix.

There are three methods to install phat-utils on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install phat-utils Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install phat-utils using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install phat-utils

Install phat-utils Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install phat-utils

Install phat-utils 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 phat-utils using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install phat-utils

How To Uninstall phat-utils on Debian 12

To uninstall only the phat-utils package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove phat-utils

Uninstall phat-utils And Its Dependencies

To uninstall phat-utils and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove phat-utils

Remove phat-utils Configurations and Data

To remove phat-utils configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge phat-utils

Remove phat-utils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge phat-utils

Dependencies

phat-utils have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install phat-utils package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.