How To Install python3-dolfin on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-dolfin
on Debian 10.
What is python3-dolfin
python3-dolfin is:
DOLFIN is the Python and C++ interface of the FEniCS project for the automated solution of differential equations, providing a consistent PSE (Problem Solving Environment) for solving ordinary and partial differential equations. Key features include a simple, consistent and intuitive object-oriented API; automatic and efficient evaluation of variational forms; automatic and efficient assembly of linear systems; and support for general families of finite elements.
This package contains the Python interface for DOLFIN (Python 3).
There are three methods to install python3-dolfin
on Debian 10. 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-dolfin 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-dolfin
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-dolfin
Install python3-dolfin Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-dolfin
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-dolfin
Install python3-dolfin 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 python3-dolfin
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-dolfin
How To Uninstall python3-dolfin on Debian 10
To uninstall only the python3-dolfin
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-dolfin
Uninstall python3-dolfin And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-dolfin
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-dolfin
Remove python3-dolfin Configurations and Data
To remove python3-dolfin
configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-dolfin
Remove python3-dolfin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-dolfin
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-dolfin
Dependencies
python3-dolfin have the following dependencies:
- libdolfin-dev
- libdolfin2018.1
- python3-dijitso
- python3-dijitso
- python3-ffc
- python3-ffc
- python3-ufl
- python3-ufl
- python3-numpy
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-dolfin
package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.