How To Install science-simulations on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install science-simulations on Debian 9.
What is science-simulations
science-simulations is:
This metapackage will install Debian Science packages that are used to do simulations in different fields of science.
There are three methods to install science-simulations on Debian 9. 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-simulations 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-simulations using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install science-simulations
Install science-simulations Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install science-simulations using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install science-simulations
Install science-simulations 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-simulations using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install science-simulations
How To Uninstall science-simulations on Debian 9
To uninstall only the science-simulations package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove science-simulations
Uninstall science-simulations And Its Dependencies
To uninstall science-simulations and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove science-simulations
Remove science-simulations Configurations and Data
To remove science-simulations configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge science-simulations
Remove science-simulations configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove science-simulations configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge science-simulations
Dependencies
science-simulations have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install science-simulations package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.