How To Install plfit on Debian 12

Learn how to install plfit on Debian 12 with this tutorial. plfit is fitting power-law distributions to empirical data – interfaces

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install plfit on Debian 12.

What is plfit

plfit is:

The plfit software fits power-law distributions to empirical (discrete or continuous) data, according to the method of Clauset, Shalizi and Newman [SIAM Review 51, 661-703 (2009)].

This package provides two command line utilities, plfit and plgen.

There are three methods to install plfit 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 plfit Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install plfit

Install plfit Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install plfit using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install plfit

Install plfit 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 plfit using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install plfit

How To Uninstall plfit on Debian 12

To uninstall only the plfit package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove plfit

Uninstall plfit And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove plfit

Remove plfit Configurations and Data

To remove plfit configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge plfit

Remove plfit configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge plfit

Dependencies

plfit have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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