How To Install libopenfoam on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libopenfoam
on Debian 11.
What is libopenfoam
libopenfoam is:
OpenFOAM is the free, open source CFD software released and developed primarily by OpenCFD Ltd since 2004. It has a large user base across most areas of engineering and science, from both commercial and academic organisations. OpenFOAM has an extensive range of features to solve anything from complex fluid flows involving chemical reactions, turbulence and heat transfer, to acoustics, solid mechanics and electromagnetics.
Package contains needed libraries.
There are three methods to install libopenfoam
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 libopenfoam Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libopenfoam
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libopenfoam
Install libopenfoam Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libopenfoam
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libopenfoam
Install libopenfoam 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 libopenfoam
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libopenfoam
How To Uninstall libopenfoam on Debian 11
To uninstall only the libopenfoam
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libopenfoam
Uninstall libopenfoam And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libopenfoam
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libopenfoam
Remove libopenfoam Configurations and Data
To remove libopenfoam
configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libopenfoam
Remove libopenfoam configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libopenfoam
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libopenfoam
Dependencies
libopenfoam have the following dependencies:
- libboost-system1.74.0
- libc6
- libfftw3-double3
- libgcc-s1
- libopenmpi3
- libptscotch-6.1
- libscotch-6.1
- libstdc++6
- zlib1g
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libopenfoam
package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.