How To Install yorick-ml4 on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install yorick-ml4 on Debian 9. yorick-ml4 is Matlab file format support for the Yorick language

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install yorick-ml4 on Debian 9.

What is yorick-ml4

yorick-ml4 is:

This is a compiled add-on for yorick (an interpreted computer language specialized for numerical and scientific problems). Yorick-ml4 adds read and write support for the file format produced by the commercial product Matlab 4.

There are three methods to install yorick-ml4 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 yorick-ml4 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install yorick-ml4 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install yorick-ml4

Install yorick-ml4 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install yorick-ml4 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install yorick-ml4

Install yorick-ml4 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 yorick-ml4 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install yorick-ml4

How To Uninstall yorick-ml4 on Debian 9

To uninstall only the yorick-ml4 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove yorick-ml4

Uninstall yorick-ml4 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall yorick-ml4 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove yorick-ml4

Remove yorick-ml4 Configurations and Data

To remove yorick-ml4 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge yorick-ml4

Remove yorick-ml4 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove yorick-ml4 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge yorick-ml4

Dependencies

yorick-ml4 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install yorick-ml4 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.