How To Install code-aster-gui on Debian 9

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install code-aster-gui on Debian 9.

What is code-aster-gui

code-aster-gui is:

Code_Aster is the finite element PDE solver used by the French nuclear industry. code-aster-gui provides a Tcl front end to its Python build and control systems.

This package contains the code-aster-gui client, which needs to connect to a locally or remotely installed server (in the package “code-aster-run”).

There are three methods to install code-aster-gui 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 code-aster-gui Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install code-aster-gui

Install code-aster-gui Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install code-aster-gui using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install code-aster-gui

Install code-aster-gui 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 code-aster-gui using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install code-aster-gui

How To Uninstall code-aster-gui on Debian 9

To uninstall only the code-aster-gui package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove code-aster-gui

Uninstall code-aster-gui And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove code-aster-gui

Remove code-aster-gui Configurations and Data

To remove code-aster-gui configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge code-aster-gui

Remove code-aster-gui configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove code-aster-gui configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge code-aster-gui

Dependencies

code-aster-gui have the following dependencies:

• tk8.5
• tcl8.5
• tkpng
• debconf

References

• code-aster-gui website

Summary

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