How To Install python-escript on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-escript on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-escript
python-escript is:
Escript is a programming tool for implementing mathematical models in Python using the finite element method (FEM). Because users do not access the data structures it is very easy to use and scripts can run on desktop computers as well as highly parallel supercomputer without changes. Application areas for escript include earth mantle convection, geophysical inversion, earthquakes, porous media flow, reactive transport, plate subduction, erosion, and tsunamis.
Scripts can be executed in parallel (on varying numbers of threads or nodes) without any special modifications.
Escript now includes the esys.downunder module for 3D inversion of geophysical data sets. The current version supports gravity, magnetic and joint inversion.
This package contains the commands and libraries for Python2 with OpenMP threading.
There are three methods to install python-escript 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 python-escript Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install python-escript using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-escript
Install python-escript Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-escript using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-escript
Install python-escript 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 python-escript using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-escript
How To Uninstall python-escript on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-escript package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-escript
Uninstall python-escript And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-escript and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-escript
Remove python-escript Configurations and Data
To remove python-escript configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-escript
Remove python-escript configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-escript configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-escript
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-escript package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
