How To Install evolver-ogl on Debian 10

Learn how to install evolver-ogl on Debian 10 with this tutorial. evolver-ogl is Surface Evolver - with OpenGL display

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install evolver-ogl on Debian 10.

What is evolver-ogl

evolver-ogl is:

The Surface Evolver is an interactive program for the modelling of liquid surfaces shaped by various forces and constraints.

This package provides evolver variants built with different floating point formats (double, long double, quadruple) and with an OpenGL/GLUT display.

There are three methods to install evolver-ogl on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install evolver-ogl Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install evolver-ogl

Install evolver-ogl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install evolver-ogl

Install evolver-ogl 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 evolver-ogl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install evolver-ogl

How To Uninstall evolver-ogl on Debian 10

To uninstall only the evolver-ogl package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove evolver-ogl

Uninstall evolver-ogl And Its Dependencies

To uninstall evolver-ogl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove evolver-ogl

Remove evolver-ogl Configurations and Data

To remove evolver-ogl configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge evolver-ogl

Remove evolver-ogl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge evolver-ogl

Dependencies

evolver-ogl have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install evolver-ogl package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.