How To Install sofa-apps on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install sofa-apps on Debian 9. sofa-apps is GUI for the Simulation Open Framework Architecture (SOFA)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install sofa-apps on Debian 9.

What is sofa-apps

sofa-apps is:

SOFA is an Open Source framework primarily targeted at real-time simulation, with an emphasis on medical simulation. It is mostly intended for the research community to help develop newer algorithms, but can also be used as an efficient prototyping tool.

This package contains the SOFA main application.

There are three methods to install sofa-apps 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 sofa-apps Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install sofa-apps

Install sofa-apps Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install sofa-apps

Install sofa-apps 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 sofa-apps using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install sofa-apps

How To Uninstall sofa-apps on Debian 9

To uninstall only the sofa-apps package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove sofa-apps

Uninstall sofa-apps And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove sofa-apps

Remove sofa-apps Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge sofa-apps

Remove sofa-apps configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge sofa-apps

Dependencies

sofa-apps have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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