How To Install libbasix-dev on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libbasix-dev on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is libbasix-dev
libbasix-dev is:
Computes FE basis functions and derivatives for the following elements:
- Lagrange (interval, triangle, tetrahedron, prism, pyramid, quadrilateral, hexahedron)
- Nédélec (triangle, tetrahedron)
- Nédélec Second Kind (triangle, tetrahedron)
- Raviart-Thomas (triangle, tetrahedron)
- Regge (triangle, tetrahedron)
- Crouzeix-Raviart (triangle, tetrahedron)
Computes quadrature rules on different cell types
Provides reference topology and geometry for reference cells of each type.
Python wrapper provided with pybind11.
This package installs the development files for the shared library.
There are three methods to install libbasix-dev on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libbasix-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libbasix-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libbasix-dev
Install libbasix-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libbasix-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libbasix-dev
Install libbasix-dev 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 libbasix-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libbasix-dev
How To Uninstall libbasix-dev on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the libbasix-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libbasix-dev
Uninstall libbasix-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libbasix-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libbasix-dev
Remove libbasix-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libbasix-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libbasix-dev
Remove libbasix-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libbasix-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libbasix-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libbasix-dev package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.