How To Install octave-iso2mesh on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install octave-iso2mesh on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is octave-iso2mesh
octave-iso2mesh is:
Iso2Mesh is a MATLAB/Octave-based mesh generation toolbox, designed for easy creation of high quality surface and tetrahedral meshes from 3D volumetric images. It contains a rich set of mesh processing scripts/programs, working either independently or interacting with external free meshing utilities. Iso2Mesh toolbox can directly convert a 3D image stack, including binary, segmented or gray-scale images such as MRI or CT scans, into quality volumetric meshes. This makes it particularly suitable for multi-modality medical imaging data analysis and multi-physics modeling. Iso2Mesh is cross-platform and is compatible with both MATLAB and GNU Octave.
This package contains the Octave support for iso2mesh.
There are three methods to install octave-iso2mesh on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install octave-iso2mesh Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install octave-iso2mesh using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install octave-iso2mesh
Install octave-iso2mesh Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install octave-iso2mesh using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install octave-iso2mesh
Install octave-iso2mesh 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 octave-iso2mesh using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install octave-iso2mesh
How To Uninstall octave-iso2mesh on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the octave-iso2mesh package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove octave-iso2mesh
Uninstall octave-iso2mesh And Its Dependencies
To uninstall octave-iso2mesh and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove octave-iso2mesh
Remove octave-iso2mesh Configurations and Data
To remove octave-iso2mesh configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge octave-iso2mesh
Remove octave-iso2mesh configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove octave-iso2mesh configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge octave-iso2mesh
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install octave-iso2mesh package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
