How To Install python-fiat on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-fiat on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-fiat
python-fiat is:
The FInite element Automatic Tabulator FIAT supports generation of arbitrary order instances of the Lagrange elements on lines, triangles, and tetrahedra. Other supported elements include arbitrary order Raviart-Thomas elements, Brezzi-Douglas-Marini elements and a few others.
This package installs the library for Python 2.
There are three methods to install python-fiat 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 python-fiat Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install python-fiat using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-fiat
Install python-fiat Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-fiat using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-fiat
Install python-fiat 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 python-fiat using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-fiat
How To Uninstall python-fiat on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-fiat package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-fiat
Uninstall python-fiat And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-fiat and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-fiat
Remove python-fiat Configurations and Data
To remove python-fiat configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-fiat
Remove python-fiat configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-fiat configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-fiat
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-fiat package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
