How To Install python3-lammps on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-lammps on Debian 12.
What is python3-lammps
python3-lammps is:
LAMMPS is a classical molecular dynamics code, and an acronym for Large-scale Atomic/Molecular Massively Parallel Simulator.
LAMMPS has potentials for soft materials (biomolecules, polymers) and solid-state materials (metals, semiconductors) and coarse-grained or mesoscopic systems. It can be used to model atoms or, more generically, as a parallel particle simulator at the atomic, meso, or continuum scale.
LAMMPS runs on single processors or in parallel using message-passing techniques and a spatial-decomposition of the simulation domain. The code is designed to be easy to modify or extend with new functionality.
This package provides the Python module for LAMMPS.
There are three methods to install python3-lammps 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-lammps 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-lammps using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-lammps
Install python3-lammps Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-lammps using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-lammps
Install python3-lammps 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-lammps using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-lammps
How To Uninstall python3-lammps on Debian 12
To uninstall only the python3-lammps package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-lammps
Uninstall python3-lammps And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-lammps and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-lammps
Remove python3-lammps Configurations and Data
To remove python3-lammps configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-lammps
Remove python3-lammps configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-lammps configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-lammps
Dependencies
python3-lammps have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-lammps package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
