How To Install rocketcea on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install rocketcea
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is rocketcea
rocketcea is:
RocketCEA makes direct calls to a modified copy of the NASA FORTRAN CEA code in “rocket” mode to calculate Isp, Cstar, Tcham etc. and provides tools to help determine useful mixture ratio range, optimum MR and more.
The modifications to CEA2.f have been made in order to properly handle hydrazine monopropellant’s ammonia dissociation.
A typical use of this program would be to help determine input values for a rocket motor burn simulation program.
There are three methods to install rocketcea
on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install rocketcea Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install rocketcea
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install rocketcea
Install rocketcea Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install rocketcea
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install rocketcea
Install rocketcea 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install rocketcea
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install rocketcea
How To Uninstall rocketcea on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the rocketcea
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove rocketcea
Uninstall rocketcea And Its Dependencies
To uninstall rocketcea
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove rocketcea
Remove rocketcea Configurations and Data
To remove rocketcea
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge rocketcea
Remove rocketcea configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove rocketcea
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge rocketcea
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install rocketcea
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.