How To Install libmeep8 on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmeep8 on Ubuntu 18.04. libmeep8 is library for using meep

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmeep8 on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libmeep8

libmeep8 is:

Meep (or MEEP) is a free finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) simulation software package developed at MIT to model electromagnetic systems.

Its features include:

  • Simulation in 1d, 2d, 3d, and cylindrical coordinates.
  • Dispersive (including loss/gain) and nonlinear (Kerr & Pockels) materials. Magnetic permeability and electric/magnetic conductivities.
  • PML absorbing boundaries and/or perfect conductor and/or Bloch-periodic boundary conditions.
  • Exploitation of symmetries to reduce the computation size . even/odd mirror symmetries and 90/180 degree rotations.
  • Complete scriptability - either via a Scheme scripting front-end (as in libctl and MPB), or callable as a C++ library.
  • Field output in the HDF5 standard scientific data format, supported by many visualization tools.
  • Arbitrary material and source distributions.
  • Field analyses including flux spectra, frequency extraction, and energy integrals; completely programmable.
  • Multi-parameter optimization, root-finding, integration, etcetera (via libctl).

This package contains the library.

There are three methods to install libmeep8 on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libmeep8 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libmeep8 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libmeep8

Install libmeep8 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libmeep8 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libmeep8

Install libmeep8 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 libmeep8 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libmeep8

How To Uninstall libmeep8 on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libmeep8 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libmeep8

Uninstall libmeep8 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libmeep8 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmeep8

Remove libmeep8 Configurations and Data

To remove libmeep8 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libmeep8

Remove libmeep8 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libmeep8 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmeep8

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmeep8 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.