How To Install xfoil 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 xfoil on Ubuntu.
What is xfoil
xfoil is:
XFOIL is an interactive program for the design and analysis of subsonic isolated airfoils. It consists of a collection of menu-driven routines which perform various useful functions such as:
- Viscous (or inviscid) analysis of an existing airfoil
- Airfoil design and redesign by interactive specification of a surface speed distribution via screen cursor or mouse
- Airfoil redesign by interactive specification of new geometric parameters
- Blending of airfoils
- Drag polar calculation with fixed or varying Reynolds and/or Mach numbers.
- Plotting of geometry, pressure distributions, and polars
There are three methods to install xfoil 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 xfoil Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install xfoil using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install xfoil
Install xfoil Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install xfoil using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install xfoil
Install xfoil 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 xfoil using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install xfoil
How To Uninstall xfoil on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the xfoil package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove xfoil
Uninstall xfoil And Its Dependencies
To uninstall xfoil and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove xfoil
Remove xfoil Configurations and Data
To remove xfoil configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge xfoil
Remove xfoil configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove xfoil configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xfoil
Dependencies
xfoil have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xfoil package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.