How To Install mandelbulber on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install mandelbulber on Ubuntu 18.04. mandelbulber is 3D fractal renderer and animator

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mandelbulber on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is mandelbulber

mandelbulber is:

Mandelbulber is a ray-tracing application for drawing three-dimensional fractals, like Mandelbulb, Mandelbox, Julia, trigonometric, hypercomplex or IFS fractals. It is highly customizable and features complex shading algorithms (among the others there are shadows, depth of field, ambient occlusion).

Mandelbulber is also able to produce animations and has a simple built-in 3D navigator for exploring the fractals.

There are three methods to install mandelbulber 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 mandelbulber Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install mandelbulber

Install mandelbulber Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install mandelbulber using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install mandelbulber

Install mandelbulber 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 mandelbulber using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install mandelbulber

How To Uninstall mandelbulber on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the mandelbulber package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove mandelbulber

Uninstall mandelbulber And Its Dependencies

To uninstall mandelbulber and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove mandelbulber

Remove mandelbulber Configurations and Data

To remove mandelbulber configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge mandelbulber

Remove mandelbulber configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mandelbulber

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install mandelbulber package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.