How To Install makehuman on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install makehuman
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is makehuman
makehuman is:
MakeHuman is a 3-Dimensional humanoid characters modelling software. Features that make this software innovative and unique include a new, highly intuitive GUI and a high quality mesh, optimized to work in subdivision surface mode (for example, Zbrush). Using MakeHuman, a photorealistic character can be modeled in less than 2 minutes.
There are three methods to install makehuman
on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install makehuman Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install makehuman
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install makehuman
Install makehuman Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install makehuman
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install makehuman
Install makehuman 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install makehuman
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install makehuman
How To Uninstall makehuman on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the makehuman
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove makehuman
Uninstall makehuman And Its Dependencies
To uninstall makehuman
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove makehuman
Remove makehuman Configurations and Data
To remove makehuman
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge makehuman
Remove makehuman configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove makehuman
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge makehuman
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install makehuman
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.