How To Install gfsview on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gfsview on Debian 10.
What is gfsview
gfsview is:
Gerris is a system for the solution of the partial differential equations describing fluid flow.
GfsView displays the results of 2D and 3D Gerris simulations. A brief summary of its main features:
* Scalar and vector cross-sections.
* Isosurfaces.
* Streamlines.
* User-defined functions.
* Fast adaptive display (using the multiresolution data
representation of Gerris).
* Scriptable.
* Offline image generation.
* Quality PostScript, PDF and bitmap outputs.
There are three methods to install gfsview on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install gfsview Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gfsview using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gfsview
Install gfsview Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gfsview using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gfsview
Install gfsview 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 gfsview using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gfsview
How To Uninstall gfsview on Debian 10
To uninstall only the gfsview package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gfsview
Uninstall gfsview And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gfsview and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gfsview
Remove gfsview Configurations and Data
To remove gfsview configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gfsview
Remove gfsview configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gfsview configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gfsview
Dependencies
gfsview have the following dependencies:
- fonts-tlwg-garuda-otf
- libgfs-dev
- libgfsgl0
- zenity
- libatk1.0-0
- libc6
- libcairo2
- libfontconfig1
- libfreetype6
- libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0
- libgfs-1.3-2
- libgl1
- libgl2ps1.4
- libglib2.0-0
- libglu1-mesa
- libgtk2.0-0
- libgtkglext1
- libgts-0.7-5
- libice6
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gfsview package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.