How To Install dolfin-doc on Debian 12

Learn how to install dolfin-doc on Debian 12 with this tutorial. dolfin-doc is Documentation and demo programs for DOLFIN

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install dolfin-doc on Debian 12.

What is dolfin-doc

dolfin-doc is:

DOLFIN is the Python and C++ interface of the FEniCS project for the automated solution of differential equations, providing a consistent PSE (Problem Solving Environment) for solving ordinary and partial differential equations. Key features include a simple, consistent and intuitive object-oriented API; automatic and efficient evaluation of variational forms; automatic and efficient assembly of linear systems; and support for general families of finite elements.

This package contains documentation and demo programs for DOLFIN.

There are three methods to install dolfin-doc on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install dolfin-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 dolfin-doc using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install dolfin-doc

Install dolfin-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install dolfin-doc

Install dolfin-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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install dolfin-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install dolfin-doc

How To Uninstall dolfin-doc on Debian 12

To uninstall only the dolfin-doc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove dolfin-doc

Uninstall dolfin-doc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall dolfin-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove dolfin-doc

Remove dolfin-doc Configurations and Data

To remove dolfin-doc configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge dolfin-doc

Remove dolfin-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dolfin-doc

Dependencies

dolfin-doc have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install dolfin-doc package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.