How To Install cgns-convert on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install cgns-convert on Ubuntu 22.04. cgns-convert is CFD General Notation System - Conversion tools

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cgns-convert on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is cgns-convert

cgns-convert is:

The CFD General Notation System (CGNS) provides a general, portable, and extensible standard for the storage and retrieval of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis data. It consists of a collection of conventions, and free and open software implementing those conventions. It is self-descriptive, machine-independent, well-documented, and administered by an international steering committee. It is also an American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Recommended Practice.

This package contains the adf2hdf, hdf2adf tools.

There are three methods to install cgns-convert 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 cgns-convert Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install cgns-convert using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install cgns-convert

Install cgns-convert Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install cgns-convert using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install cgns-convert

Install cgns-convert 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 cgns-convert using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install cgns-convert

How To Uninstall cgns-convert on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the cgns-convert package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove cgns-convert

Uninstall cgns-convert And Its Dependencies

To uninstall cgns-convert and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove cgns-convert

Remove cgns-convert Configurations and Data

To remove cgns-convert configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge cgns-convert

Remove cgns-convert configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove cgns-convert configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cgns-convert

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install cgns-convert package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.