How To Install rubiks on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install rubiks on Debian 12.
What is rubiks
rubiks is:
This package contains several different Rubik’s cube solvers, either useful directly on the command-line or through sagemath.
Michael Reid’s “optimal” uses pre-computed tables to find an optimal solution to the 3x3x3 Rubik’s cube.
Dik T.Winter’s “dikcube” uses Kociemba’s algorithm to iteratively find a short solution to the 3x3x3 cube.
Eric Dietz’ “cubex” has fast non-optimal solver for the 3x3x3 cube.
There are three methods to install rubiks 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 rubiks Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install rubiks using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install rubiks
Install rubiks Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install rubiks using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install rubiks
Install rubiks 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 rubiks using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install rubiks
How To Uninstall rubiks on Debian 12
To uninstall only the rubiks package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove rubiks
Uninstall rubiks And Its Dependencies
To uninstall rubiks and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove rubiks
Remove rubiks Configurations and Data
To remove rubiks configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge rubiks
Remove rubiks configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove rubiks configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge rubiks
Dependencies
rubiks have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install rubiks package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
