How To Install freefem on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install freefem
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is freefem
freefem is:
FreeFEM is a language adapted to Partial Differential equation. The underlying method used is the Finite Element Method. This tool has been successfully used as a teaching tool and even as a research tool.
There are three methods to install freefem
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 freefem Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install freefem
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install freefem
Install freefem Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install freefem
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install freefem
Install freefem 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 freefem
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install freefem
How To Uninstall freefem on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the freefem
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove freefem
Uninstall freefem And Its Dependencies
To uninstall freefem
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove freefem
Remove freefem Configurations and Data
To remove freefem
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge freefem
Remove freefem configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove freefem
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge freefem
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install freefem
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.