How To Install cba on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install cba on Debian 9. cba is Continuous Beam Analysis

Introduction

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

What is cba

cba is:

A small engineering tool that calculates member forces and support reactions of a continuous beam. A material and section database is included to set elasticity and moment of inertia. Boundary conditions can be set differently at each support.

There are three methods to install cba 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 cba Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install cba

Install cba Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install cba using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install cba

Install cba 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 cba using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install cba

How To Uninstall cba on Debian 9

To uninstall only the cba package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove cba

Uninstall cba And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove cba

Remove cba Configurations and Data

To remove cba configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge cba

Remove cba configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cba

Dependencies

cba have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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