How To Install labelg on Debian 11

One-liner install command

For those in a hurry, here's a one-line installation command:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt -y install nauty

But if you are interested in the detailed steps with descriptions, the following information is for you.

What is labelg and what are the ways to install it?

Before beginning this tutorial, you will need access to a server or computer running Debian 11. This guide was written specifically with a server running Debian 11 in mind, although it should also work on older, supported versions of the operating system.

Also, make sure you are running a regular, non-root user with sudo privileges configured on your server. When you have an account available, log in as your non-root user to begin.

There are several ways to install labelg on Debian 11. You can use (links are clickable):

In the following sections, we will describe each method in detail. You can choose one of them or refer to the recommended one.

Install labelg using apt-get

First, update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt-get database, You can install labelg using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install nauty

Install labelg using apt

Because labelg is available in Debian 11’s default repositories, it is possible to install it from these repositories using the apt packaging system.

To begin, update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, You can install labelg using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install nauty

Install labelg 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 11. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating aptitude database, You can install labelg by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install nauty

How to upgrade (update) a single package labelg using apt-get?

First, you will need to update packages index. Run update command as usual:

sudo apt-get update

Next, to upgrade only the labelg, e.g. single package, you should use the following format with the apt-get command/apt command:

sudo apt-get --only-upgrade install nauty

Note that this command will not install any new packages! If you wish to install the package if it doesn't exist you may leave out --only-upgrade part.

sudo apt-get install nauty

How To Uninstall labelg from Debian 11

To uninstall only the labelg package you can execute the following command:

sudo apt-get remove nauty

Uninstall labelg and all its dependencies

To uninstall labelg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, you can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove nauty

Remove labelg with all configurations and data

To remove labelg configuration and data from your system you can run the following purge command:

sudo apt-get -y purge nauty

Remove labelg completely (configurations, data and all of its dependencies)

And lastly, you can run the next command to remove absolutely everything related to labelg package, e.g.: configurations, data and all of its dependencies. Just use this command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nauty

Extra info and code examples

nauty (No AUTomorphisms, Yes?) is a set of procedures for computing automorphism groups of graphs and digraphs. This mathematical software suite is developed by Brendan McKay and Adolfo Piperno: http://pallini.di.uniroma1.it nauty computes graph information in the form of a set of generators, the size of the group, and the orbits of the group; it can also produce a canonical label. The nauty suite is written in C and comes with a command-line interface, a collection of command-line tools, and an Application Programming Interface (API). This package provides the nauty interface named dreadnaut, and a small collection of utilities called gtools.

Conclusion

You now have a full guide on how to install labelg using apt, apt-get and aptitude tools. Also, we showed how to update as a single package and different ways to uninstall the labelg from Debian 11.

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