How To Install mpb-doc on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mpb-doc on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is mpb-doc
mpb-doc is:
The MIT Photonic-Bands package is a free program for computing the band structures (dispersion relations) and electromagnetic modes of periodic dielectric structures, on both serial and parallel computers. It was developed by Steven G. Johnson at MIT in the Joannopoulos Ab Initio Physics group, and designed to study photonic crystal structures.
This package contains the documentation in HTML format.
There are three methods to install mpb-doc on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install mpb-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 mpb-doc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mpb-doc
Install mpb-doc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mpb-doc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mpb-doc
Install mpb-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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install mpb-doc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mpb-doc
How To Uninstall mpb-doc on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the mpb-doc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mpb-doc
Uninstall mpb-doc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mpb-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mpb-doc
Remove mpb-doc Configurations and Data
To remove mpb-doc configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mpb-doc
Remove mpb-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mpb-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mpb-doc
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mpb-doc package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
