How to Install Yaade on POP! OS Latest

Yaade is a software package designed for discrete element method (DEM) simulation. It is an open-source software and is available for Linux operating systems. In this tutorial, we will go through the steps to install Yaade on POP! OS Latest using the default package manager.

Step 1: Update the System

Before installing any software on your system, it's important to ensure that your system is up-to-date. To do this, open a terminal window and type the following command:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade

This command will update the repository lists and upgrade any installed packages.

Step 2: Install Required Dependencies

Yaade requires several dependencies to be installed on your system. To install the dependencies, run the following command in the terminal:

sudo apt-get install build-essential libboost-dev libboost-thread-dev libboost-filesystem-dev libboost-program-options-dev libm4ri-dev libgmp-dev libmpfr-dev libtool automake cmake git

This command will install all the required dependencies for Yaade to run.

Step 3: Clone Yaade Repository

Now, we need to clone Yaade's official repository from GitHub. To do this, run the following command in the terminal:

git clone https://github.com/yade/yade.git

This will create a new directory named 'yade' in your current working directory and clone the repository into it.

Step 4: Build Yaade

After cloning the repository, navigate to the 'yade' directory using the following command:

cd yade

Finally, build Yaade using the following command:

./waf configure
./waf build

This might take several minutes to complete depending on the speed of your system.

Step 5: Install Yaade

Once the build process is completed, run the following command in the terminal to install Yaade:

sudo ./waf install

This command will install Yaade on your system.

Step 6: Verify Yaade Installation

To verify that Yaade has been successfully installed on your system, run the following command in the terminal:

yade --version

This will display the version of Yaade that is currently installed on your system.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Yaade on POP! OS Latest using the default package manager.