How To Install octave-bim on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install octave-bim on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is octave-bim
octave-bim is:
This package contains scripts for solving Diffusion Advection Reaction (DAR) Partial Differential Equations based on the Finite Volume Scharfetter-Gummel (FVSG) method a.k.a Box Integration Method (BIM) in Octave, a scientific computation software.
This Octave add-on package is part of the Octave-Forge project.
There are three methods to install octave-bim on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install octave-bim Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install octave-bim using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install octave-bim
Install octave-bim Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install octave-bim using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install octave-bim
Install octave-bim 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 octave-bim using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install octave-bim
How To Uninstall octave-bim on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the octave-bim package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove octave-bim
Uninstall octave-bim And Its Dependencies
To uninstall octave-bim and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove octave-bim
Remove octave-bim Configurations and Data
To remove octave-bim configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge octave-bim
Remove octave-bim configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove octave-bim configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge octave-bim
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install octave-bim package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
