How To Install primecount on Debian 12

Learn how to install primecount on Debian 12 with this tutorial. primecount is fast prime number counter C/C++ library

Introduction

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

What is primecount

primecount is:

primecount is a free software program and C/C++ library that counts the primes below an integer x <= 10^31 using highly optimized implementations of the combinatorial prime counting algorithms.

See https://github.com/kimwalisch/primecount for more information.

This dummy package provides the standard installation.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install primecount

Install primecount Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install primecount

Install primecount 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 primecount using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install primecount

How To Uninstall primecount on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove primecount

Uninstall primecount And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove primecount

Remove primecount Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge primecount

Remove primecount configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge primecount

Dependencies

primecount have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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