How To Install netgen on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install netgen on Debian 12.
What is netgen
netgen is:
NETGEN is an automatic 3d tetrahedral mesh generator. It accepts input from constructive solid geometry (CSG) or boundary representation (BRep) from STL file format. NETGEN contains modules for mesh optimization and hierarchical mesh refinement.
There are three methods to install netgen 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 netgen Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install netgen using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install netgen
Install netgen Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install netgen using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install netgen
Install netgen 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 netgen using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install netgen
How To Uninstall netgen on Debian 12
To uninstall only the netgen package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove netgen
Uninstall netgen And Its Dependencies
To uninstall netgen and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove netgen
Remove netgen Configurations and Data
To remove netgen configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge netgen
Remove netgen configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove netgen configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge netgen
Dependencies
netgen have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install netgen package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
