How To Install python-scipy on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-scipy on Debian 10.
What is python-scipy
python-scipy is:
SciPy supplements the popular NumPy module (python-numpy package), gathering a variety of high level science and engineering modules together as a single package.
SciPy is a set of Open Source scientific and numeric tools for Python. It currently supports special functions, integration, ordinary differential equation (ODE) solvers, gradient optimization, genetic algorithms, parallel programming tools, an expression-to-C++ compiler for fast execution, and others.
There are three methods to install python-scipy 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 python-scipy Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install python-scipy using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-scipy
Install python-scipy Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-scipy using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-scipy
Install python-scipy 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 python-scipy using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-scipy
How To Uninstall python-scipy on Debian 10
To uninstall only the python-scipy package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-scipy
Uninstall python-scipy And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-scipy and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-scipy
Remove python-scipy Configurations and Data
To remove python-scipy configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-scipy
Remove python-scipy configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-scipy configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-scipy
Dependencies
python-scipy have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-scipy package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
