How To Install libdolfin64-dev on Debian 12

Learn how to install libdolfin64-dev on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libdolfin64-dev is Shared links and dev files for DOLFIN (64-bit indexing)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libdolfin64-dev on Debian 12.

What is libdolfin64-dev

libdolfin64-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 for DOLFIN built against 64-bit PETSc (64-bit indexing).

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 libdolfin64-dev 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 libdolfin64-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 libdolfin64-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libdolfin64-dev

Install libdolfin64-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libdolfin64-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libdolfin64-dev

Install libdolfin64-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 libdolfin64-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libdolfin64-dev

How To Uninstall libdolfin64-dev on Debian 12

To uninstall only the libdolfin64-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libdolfin64-dev

Uninstall libdolfin64-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libdolfin64-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libdolfin64-dev

Remove libdolfin64-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libdolfin64-dev configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libdolfin64-dev

Remove libdolfin64-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libdolfin64-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libdolfin64-dev

Dependencies

libdolfin64-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libdolfin64-dev package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.