How To Install meshio-tools on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install meshio-tools on Debian 12.
What is meshio-tools
meshio-tools is:
Meshio can read from and write to various data formats representing unstructured meshes, such as DOLFIN, Gmsh, H5M or VTK.
This package provides the command-line tools, and a plugin for paraview.
This package also provides Flavien Loiseau’s msh2xdmf tool to convert from MSH to XDMF mesh formats.
There are three methods to install meshio-tools 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 meshio-tools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install meshio-tools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install meshio-tools
Install meshio-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install meshio-tools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install meshio-tools
Install meshio-tools 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 meshio-tools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install meshio-tools
How To Uninstall meshio-tools on Debian 12
To uninstall only the meshio-tools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove meshio-tools
Uninstall meshio-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall meshio-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove meshio-tools
Remove meshio-tools Configurations and Data
To remove meshio-tools configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge meshio-tools
Remove meshio-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove meshio-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge meshio-tools
Dependencies
meshio-tools have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install meshio-tools package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
