How To Install octave-fpl on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install octave-fpl
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is octave-fpl
octave-fpl is:
FPL is a collection of routines for plotting data on finite element method (FEM) meshes. It provides routines for outputting files and displaying data in OpenDX (IBM Visualization Data Explorer) and VTK (Visualization Toolkit) formats. It allows displays of triangular and tetrahedral meshes, as well as scalar and 2D vector fields.
This Octave add-on package is part of the Octave-Forge project.
There are three methods to install octave-fpl
on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install octave-fpl Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install octave-fpl
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install octave-fpl
Install octave-fpl Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install octave-fpl
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install octave-fpl
Install octave-fpl 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 octave-fpl
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install octave-fpl
How To Uninstall octave-fpl on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the octave-fpl
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove octave-fpl
Uninstall octave-fpl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall octave-fpl
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove octave-fpl
Remove octave-fpl Configurations and Data
To remove octave-fpl
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge octave-fpl
Remove octave-fpl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove octave-fpl
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge octave-fpl
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install octave-fpl
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.