How To Install openmotor on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install openmotor on Ubuntu.
What is openmotor
openmotor is:
openMotor is an open-source internal ballistics simulator for rocket motor experimenters. The software produces estimates of a rocket motor’s chamber pressure and thrust based on input such as propellant properties and grain geometry. It uses the Fast Marching Method to determine how a propellant grain regresses, which allows the use of arbitrary core geometries.
Current Features:
- Metric and imperial units
- Support for common grain geometries such as BATES, Finocyl, Star and more
- Loading custom grain geometry from DXF files
- A propellant editor that allows the user to enter the properties of as many propellants as they wish
- The grain editor displays how a grain will regress to cut down on the guesswork involved in tweaking geometry
- ENG file exporting
- Burnsim importing and exporting
- A UI that supports saving and loading designs along with undo and redo.
Planned Features:
- Erosivity simulation
- Detailed output of every calculated parameter at any time and position along the motor
There are three methods to install openmotor on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install openmotor Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install openmotor using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install openmotor
Install openmotor Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install openmotor using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install openmotor
Install openmotor 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 openmotor using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install openmotor
How To Uninstall openmotor on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the openmotor package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove openmotor
Uninstall openmotor And Its Dependencies
To uninstall openmotor and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove openmotor
Remove openmotor Configurations and Data
To remove openmotor configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge openmotor
Remove openmotor configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove openmotor configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge openmotor
Dependencies
openmotor have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install openmotor package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.