How To Install python3-adios on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-adios on Ubuntu 18.04. python3-adios is Python3 interface to the ADIOS IO system

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-adios on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is python3-adios

python3-adios is:

This is a Python3 interface to ADIOS.

The Adaptable IO System (ADIOS) provides a simple, flexible way for scientists to describe the data in their code that may need to be written, read, or processed outside of the running simulation. By providing an external to the code XML file describing the various elements, their types, and how you wish to process them this run, the routines in the host code (either Fortran or C) can transparently change how they process the data.

There are three methods to install python3-adios 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 python3-adios Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install python3-adios using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python3-adios

Install python3-adios Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install python3-adios using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install python3-adios

Install python3-adios 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 python3-adios using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python3-adios

How To Uninstall python3-adios on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the python3-adios package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python3-adios

Uninstall python3-adios And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python3-adios and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-adios

Remove python3-adios Configurations and Data

To remove python3-adios configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-adios

Remove python3-adios configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove python3-adios configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-adios

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-adios package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.