How To Install code-aster-gui on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install code-aster-gui on Ubuntu 18.04. code-aster-gui is Graphical user interface for Code_Aster - client

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install code-aster-gui on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is code-aster-gui

code-aster-gui is:

Code_Aster is the finite element PDE solver used by the French nuclear industry. code-aster-gui provides a Tcl front end to its Python build and control systems.

This package contains the code-aster-gui client, which needs to connect to a locally or remotely installed server (in the package “code-aster-run”).

There are three methods to install code-aster-gui on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install code-aster-gui Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install code-aster-gui using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install code-aster-gui

Install code-aster-gui Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install code-aster-gui using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install code-aster-gui

Install code-aster-gui 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 code-aster-gui using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install code-aster-gui

How To Uninstall code-aster-gui on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the code-aster-gui package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove code-aster-gui

Uninstall code-aster-gui And Its Dependencies

To uninstall code-aster-gui and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove code-aster-gui

Remove code-aster-gui Configurations and Data

To remove code-aster-gui configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge code-aster-gui

Remove code-aster-gui configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove code-aster-gui configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge code-aster-gui

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install code-aster-gui package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.