How To Install terraintool on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install terraintool on Debian 9.
What is terraintool
terraintool is:
This tool generates terrain meshes for cave survey tools from online datasets. It uses the NASA SRTM and European ASTER datasets. The relevant data is downloaded and excepted, geolocated to the desired co-ordinate system, resampled to a mesh grid, an offset to local grid added if required, the result displayed, and saved in survex (.svx) format. It is written in java.
There are three methods to install terraintool 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 terraintool Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install terraintool using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install terraintool
Install terraintool Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install terraintool using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install terraintool
Install terraintool 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 terraintool using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install terraintool
How To Uninstall terraintool on Debian 9
To uninstall only the terraintool package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove terraintool
Uninstall terraintool And Its Dependencies
To uninstall terraintool and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove terraintool
Remove terraintool Configurations and Data
To remove terraintool configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge terraintool
Remove terraintool configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove terraintool configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge terraintool
Dependencies
terraintool have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install terraintool package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
