How To Install python3-dolfinx on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-dolfinx
on Debian 12.
What is python3-dolfinx
python3-dolfinx 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 next-generation version of libdolfinx-dev (DOLFIN-X). The legacy version of DOLFIN is provided by python3-dolfin.
This is a base package depending on the dolfinx packages with real or complex number support. By default the version built against the preferred version of PETSc in /usr/lib/petsc is selected, but the alternative version can be selected by setting the environment variable PETSC_DIR.
There are three methods to install python3-dolfinx
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-dolfinx 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-dolfinx
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-dolfinx
Install python3-dolfinx Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-dolfinx
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-dolfinx
Install python3-dolfinx 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-dolfinx
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-dolfinx
How To Uninstall python3-dolfinx on Debian 12
To uninstall only the python3-dolfinx
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-dolfinx
Uninstall python3-dolfinx And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-dolfinx
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-dolfinx
Remove python3-dolfinx Configurations and Data
To remove python3-dolfinx
configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-dolfinx
Remove python3-dolfinx configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-dolfinx
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-dolfinx
Dependencies
python3-dolfinx have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-dolfinx
package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.