How To Install z88 on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install z88 on Debian 9.
What is z88
z88 is:
Z88 features 20 finite element types covering plane stress, plate bending, axial symmetric structures and spacial structures up to 20-node Serendipity hexahedrons. Z88 comes with a user-friendly interface, a powerful mesh generator, a DXF-converter, two plot programs and, of course, two powerful solvers. Import of COSMOS files from Pro/ENGINEER and Pro/MECHANICA is supported.
There are three methods to install z88 on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install z88 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install z88 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install z88
Install z88 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install z88 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install z88
Install z88 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 z88 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install z88
How To Uninstall z88 on Debian 9
To uninstall only the z88 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove z88
Uninstall z88 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall z88 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove z88
Remove z88 Configurations and Data
To remove z88 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge z88
Remove z88 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove z88 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge z88
Dependencies
z88 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install z88 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.