How To Install eficas on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install eficas on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is eficas
eficas is:
This package provides an application to help the creation of Code Aster command files. Thanks to this graphical user interface, a user can intuitively create a Aster command file without knowing the syntax.
Code Aster is all-purpose Finite Element Method (FEM) simulation software for structural analysis.
There are three methods to install eficas 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 eficas Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install eficas using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install eficas
Install eficas Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install eficas using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install eficas
Install eficas 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 eficas using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install eficas
How To Uninstall eficas on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the eficas package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove eficas
Uninstall eficas And Its Dependencies
To uninstall eficas and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove eficas
Remove eficas Configurations and Data
To remove eficas configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge eficas
Remove eficas configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove eficas configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge eficas
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install eficas package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.