How To Install python3-dolfin64-real on Debian 12

Learn how to install python3-dolfin64-real on Debian 12 with this tutorial. python3-dolfin64-real is Python interface for DOLFIN (with 64-bit PETSc integers)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-dolfin64-real on Debian 12.

What is `python3-dolfin64-real`

python3-dolfin64-real 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) build against 64-bit PETSc (64-bit indexing)

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-dolfin64-real on Debian 12. 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-dolfin64-real 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-dolfin64-real using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python3-dolfin64-real

Install python3-dolfin64-real Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install python3-dolfin64-real using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install python3-dolfin64-real

Install python3-dolfin64-real 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-dolfin64-real using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python3-dolfin64-real

How To Uninstall python3-dolfin64-real on Debian 12

To uninstall only the python3-dolfin64-real package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python3-dolfin64-real

Uninstall python3-dolfin64-real And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python3-dolfin64-real and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-dolfin64-real

Remove python3-dolfin64-real Configurations and Data

To remove python3-dolfin64-real configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-dolfin64-real

Remove python3-dolfin64-real configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove python3-dolfin64-real configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-dolfin64-real

Dependencies

python3-dolfin64-real have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-dolfin64-real package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.