How To Install libug-dbg on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libug-dbg on Debian 9. libug-dbg is software framework for finite element methods (debug symbols)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libug-dbg on Debian 9.

What is libug-dbg

libug-dbg is:

UG is a flexible software tool for the numerical solution of partial differential equations on unstructured meshes, with a focus on multigrid methods. It has a very powerful grid manager, which supports two- and three-dimensional grids with mixed element types. The grids can be adaptively refinement using either classic red/green-refinement, or pure red refinement with hanging nodes. All this is fully parallelized and can run on large distributed machines.

The version in this package has been built with the necessary flags for use with the Dune software system.

This package contains the debug symbols.

There are three methods to install libug-dbg 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 libug-dbg Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libug-dbg

Install libug-dbg Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libug-dbg

Install libug-dbg 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 libug-dbg using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libug-dbg

How To Uninstall libug-dbg on Debian 9

To uninstall only the libug-dbg package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libug-dbg

Uninstall libug-dbg And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libug-dbg

Remove libug-dbg Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libug-dbg

Remove libug-dbg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libug-dbg

Dependencies

libug-dbg have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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