How To Install science-numericalcomputation on Debian 12

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install science-numericalcomputation on Debian 12.

What is science-numericalcomputation

science-numericalcomputation is:

This metapackage will install Debian Science packages useful for numerical computation. The packages provide an array oriented calculation and visualisation system for scientific computing and data analysis. These packages are similar to commercial systems such as Matlab and IDL.

There are three methods to install science-numericalcomputation 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 science-numericalcomputation Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install science-numericalcomputation

Install science-numericalcomputation Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install science-numericalcomputation

Install science-numericalcomputation 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 science-numericalcomputation using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install science-numericalcomputation

How To Uninstall science-numericalcomputation on Debian 12

To uninstall only the science-numericalcomputation package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove science-numericalcomputation

Uninstall science-numericalcomputation And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove science-numericalcomputation

Remove science-numericalcomputation Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge science-numericalcomputation

Remove science-numericalcomputation configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge science-numericalcomputation

Dependencies

science-numericalcomputation have the following dependencies:

• science-config
• science-tasks

References

• science-numericalcomputation website
• science-numericalcomputation on packages.debian.org

Summary

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