How To Install libdolfin-dev on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libdolfin-dev on Debian 11.
What is libdolfin-dev
libdolfin-dev 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 the development files.
This is the legacy version of DOLFIN, you may want to install the next-generation libdolfinx-dev (DOLFIN-X) instead.
There are three methods to install libdolfin-dev on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libdolfin-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 libdolfin-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libdolfin-dev
Install libdolfin-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libdolfin-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libdolfin-dev
Install libdolfin-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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libdolfin-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libdolfin-dev
How To Uninstall libdolfin-dev on Debian 11
To uninstall only the libdolfin-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libdolfin-dev
Uninstall libdolfin-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libdolfin-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libdolfin-dev
Remove libdolfin-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libdolfin-dev configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libdolfin-dev
Remove libdolfin-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libdolfin-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libdolfin-dev
Dependencies
libdolfin-dev have the following dependencies:
- libdolfin-dev-common
- cmake
- g++
- libboost-chrono-dev
- libboost-dev
- libboost-filesystem-dev
- libboost-iostreams-dev
- libboost-math-dev
- libboost-mpi-dev
- libboost-program-options-dev
- libboost-serialization-dev
- libboost-thread-dev
- libboost-timer-dev
- libdolfin2019.2
- libeigen3-dev
- libhdf5-mpi-dev
- libsuitesparse-dev
- libscotch-dev
- libxml2-dev
- pkg-config
- python3-ffc
- python3-ffc
- libpetsc-real3.14-dev
- libslepc-real3.14-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libdolfin-dev package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.