How To Install assimp-utils on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install assimp-utils on Debian 9. assimp-utils is 3D model import library (utilities)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install assimp-utils on Debian 9.

What is assimp-utils

assimp-utils is:

Assimp is a library to import various well-known 3D model formats (“assets”) in a uniform manner. Assimp aims at providing a full asset conversion pipeline for use in game engines / realtime rendering systems of any kind but is not limited to this audience.

This package contains additional commandline utilities (currently only ‘assimp’) to interact with 3D models.

There are three methods to install assimp-utils on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install assimp-utils Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install assimp-utils

Install assimp-utils Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install assimp-utils

Install assimp-utils 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install assimp-utils using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install assimp-utils

How To Uninstall assimp-utils on Debian 9

To uninstall only the assimp-utils package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove assimp-utils

Uninstall assimp-utils And Its Dependencies

To uninstall assimp-utils and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove assimp-utils

Remove assimp-utils Configurations and Data

To remove assimp-utils configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge assimp-utils

Remove assimp-utils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge assimp-utils

Dependencies

assimp-utils have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install assimp-utils package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.