How To Install ovito-doc on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install ovito-doc on Debian 9. ovito-doc is documentation for ovito

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ovito-doc on Debian 9.

What is ovito-doc

ovito-doc is:

OVITO aka Open Visualization Tool is a scientific visualization and analysis software for atomistic simulation data.

This package contains the User Manual for ovito.

There are three methods to install ovito-doc 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 ovito-doc Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install ovito-doc

Install ovito-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ovito-doc

Install ovito-doc 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 ovito-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ovito-doc

How To Uninstall ovito-doc on Debian 9

To uninstall only the ovito-doc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ovito-doc

Uninstall ovito-doc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall ovito-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ovito-doc

Remove ovito-doc Configurations and Data

To remove ovito-doc configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ovito-doc

Remove ovito-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ovito-doc

Dependencies

ovito-doc have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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