How To Install python3-dolfin on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-dolfin
on Kali Linux.
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 is the base package depending on specific dolfin builds. By default the version built against the preferred version of PETSc in /usr/lib/petsc is selected (with 32-bit indexing, but the alternative version (64-bit PETSc) can be selected by setting the environment variable PETSC_DIR.
This is the legacy version of DOLFIN, you may want to install the next-generation python3-dolfinx (DOLFIN-X) instead.
There are three methods to install python3-dolfin
on Kali Linux. 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 on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. 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 Kali Linux
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 Kali Linux, 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 Kali Linux 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:
- python3-dolfin-real
- 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 Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.