Minimizing a functional with $L^2$-norm

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I want to find

$\arg\!\min_u \frac 1 2 \|u-f\|^2 + \frac 1 2 \|d_x - u_x\|^2 +\frac 1 2 \| d_y - u_y \|^2 := \arg\!\min_u F(u,u_x,u_y) $

where $u$ is a function of $x$, $y$ and $u_x$, $u_y$ are partial derivatives.

I saw that it uses variational derivative, but the wikipedia deals only with the integral form (namely, to minimize $\int L$, we have $L_u - \frac{\partial} {\partial x} L_{u_x} - \frac{\partial} {\partial y} L_{u_y}= 0$).

How about the case of the above problem? I tried to follow the proof of integral case, but there was some problem when the proof uses integral by parts.

I guess that the answer will be $F_u - \frac{\partial} {\partial x} F_{u_x} - \frac{\partial} {\partial y} F_{u_y}= 0$. Is it true? How can I prove it and where can I find related materials?