How To Install mpb on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mpb on Debian 10.
What is mpb
mpb is:
The MIT Photonic-Bands package is a free program for computing the band structures (dispersion relations) and electromagnetic modes of periodic dielectric structures, on both serial and parallel computers. It was developed by Steven G. Johnson at MIT in the Joannopoulos Ab Initio Physics group, and designed to study photonic crystal structures.
There are three methods to install mpb on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install mpb Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install mpb using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mpb
Install mpb Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mpb using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mpb
Install mpb 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 mpb using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mpb
How To Uninstall mpb on Debian 10
To uninstall only the mpb package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mpb
Uninstall mpb And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mpb and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mpb
Remove mpb Configurations and Data
To remove mpb configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mpb
Remove mpb configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mpb configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mpb
Dependencies
mpb have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mpb package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.