How To Install mpb-scm on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mpb-scm on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is mpb-scm
mpb-scm 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.
This package contains files for initialisation of MPB.
There are three methods to install mpb-scm 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 mpb-scm 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-scm using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mpb-scm
Install mpb-scm Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mpb-scm using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mpb-scm
Install mpb-scm 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 mpb-scm using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mpb-scm
How To Uninstall mpb-scm on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the mpb-scm package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mpb-scm
Uninstall mpb-scm And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mpb-scm and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mpb-scm
Remove mpb-scm Configurations and Data
To remove mpb-scm configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mpb-scm
Remove mpb-scm configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mpb-scm configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mpb-scm
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mpb-scm package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
