How To Install libug3.12.1 on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libug3.12.1 on Debian 9. libug3.12.1 is software framework for finite element methods (library)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libug3.12.1 on Debian 9.

What is libug3.12.1

libug3.12.1 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 shared library.

There are three methods to install libug3.12.1 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 libug3.12.1 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libug3.12.1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libug3.12.1

Install libug3.12.1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libug3.12.1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libug3.12.1

Install libug3.12.1 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 libug3.12.1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libug3.12.1

How To Uninstall libug3.12.1 on Debian 9

To uninstall only the libug3.12.1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libug3.12.1

Uninstall libug3.12.1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libug3.12.1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libug3.12.1

Remove libug3.12.1 Configurations and Data

To remove libug3.12.1 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libug3.12.1

Remove libug3.12.1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libug3.12.1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libug3.12.1

Dependencies

libug3.12.1 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libug3.12.1 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.