How To Install sollya-doc on Debian 12

Learn how to install sollya-doc on Debian 12 with this tutorial. sollya-doc is library for safe floating-point code development – doc

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install sollya-doc on Debian 12.

What is sollya-doc

sollya-doc is:

Sollya is both a tool environment and a library for safe floating-point code development. It offers a convenient way to perform computations with multiple precision interval arithmetic. It is particularly targeted to the automated implementation of mathematical floating-point libraries.

Initially, Sollya was intended more specifically for people implementing numerical functions in mathematical libraries (e.g., exp, arccos, tanh, etc.). Since then, the tool has evolved and has now become interesting not only to developers of mathematical libraries, but also to everyone who needs to perform numerical experiments in an environment that is safe with respect to round-off errors.

This package provides the user manual.

There are three methods to install sollya-doc 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 sollya-doc Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install sollya-doc

Install sollya-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install sollya-doc

Install sollya-doc 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 sollya-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install sollya-doc

How To Uninstall sollya-doc on Debian 12

To uninstall only the sollya-doc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove sollya-doc

Uninstall sollya-doc And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove sollya-doc

Remove sollya-doc Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge sollya-doc

Remove sollya-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge sollya-doc

Dependencies

sollya-doc have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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