How To Install libbulletcollision2.83.7 on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libbulletcollision2.83.7 on Debian 9. libbulletcollision2.83.7 is professional 3D Game Multiphysics Library – collision

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libbulletcollision2.83.7 on Debian 9.

What is libbulletcollision2.83.7

libbulletcollision2.83.7 is:

Bullet professional 3D Game Multiphysics Library provides state of the art collision detection, soft body and rigid body dynamics.

This package contains the BulletCollision shared library.

It features discrete and continuous collision detection including ray and convex sweep test. Collision shapes include concave and convex meshes and all basic primitives.

For more information about Bullet, please refer to the libbullet-dev package.

There are three methods to install libbulletcollision2.83.7 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 libbulletcollision2.83.7 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libbulletcollision2.83.7 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libbulletcollision2.83.7

Install libbulletcollision2.83.7 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libbulletcollision2.83.7 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libbulletcollision2.83.7

Install libbulletcollision2.83.7 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 libbulletcollision2.83.7 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libbulletcollision2.83.7

How To Uninstall libbulletcollision2.83.7 on Debian 9

To uninstall only the libbulletcollision2.83.7 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libbulletcollision2.83.7

Uninstall libbulletcollision2.83.7 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libbulletcollision2.83.7 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libbulletcollision2.83.7

Remove libbulletcollision2.83.7 Configurations and Data

To remove libbulletcollision2.83.7 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libbulletcollision2.83.7

Remove libbulletcollision2.83.7 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libbulletcollision2.83.7 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libbulletcollision2.83.7

Dependencies

libbulletcollision2.83.7 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libbulletcollision2.83.7 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.