How To Install fiat-utils on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fiat-utils on Debian 12.
What is fiat-utils
fiat-utils is:
FIAT is a collection of selected Fortran utility libraries, extracted from the IFS/Arpege model used at ECMWF. It provides: drhook : tracing gstats : timing parkind : choose precision mpl : MPI communication mpi_serial: MPI dummy symbols compiled into static library other various routines
ECMWF is the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts.
There are three methods to install fiat-utils 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 fiat-utils Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install fiat-utils using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fiat-utils
Install fiat-utils Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fiat-utils using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fiat-utils
Install fiat-utils 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 fiat-utils using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fiat-utils
How To Uninstall fiat-utils on Debian 12
To uninstall only the fiat-utils package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fiat-utils
Uninstall fiat-utils And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fiat-utils and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fiat-utils
Remove fiat-utils Configurations and Data
To remove fiat-utils configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fiat-utils
Remove fiat-utils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fiat-utils configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fiat-utils
Dependencies
fiat-utils have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fiat-utils package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
