How To Install wings3d on Debian 10

Learn how to install wings3d on Debian 10 with this tutorial. wings3d is Nendo-inspired 3D polygon mesh modeller

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install wings3d on Debian 10.

What is wings3d

wings3d is:

Wings 3D is a polygon mesh modeller written entirely in Erlang. The user interface was designed to be easy to use for both beginners and advanced users alike. It was inspired by the famous Nendo modeller (from Izware.)

Unlike similar modelling programs (such as Blender), this program does not provide native support for doing animations (though you can output its models to an animation tool.)

Wings 3D supports the following import formats: Nendo (NDO), 3D Studio (3DS), Wavefront (OBJ), and Adobe Illustrator 8 (AI).

Wings 3D supports the following export formats: Nendo (NDO), 3D Studio (3DS), Wavefront (OBJ), VRML (WRL), Renderman (RIB), Hash:Animation Master (MDL), Renderware (RWX), Yafray, Toxic, and FBX via a third-party plug-in.

Open Source Erlang is a functional programming language designed at the Ericsson Computer Science Laboratory.

There are three methods to install wings3d on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install wings3d Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install wings3d using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install wings3d

Install wings3d Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install wings3d using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install wings3d

Install wings3d 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 wings3d using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install wings3d

How To Uninstall wings3d on Debian 10

To uninstall only the wings3d package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove wings3d

Uninstall wings3d And Its Dependencies

To uninstall wings3d and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove wings3d

Remove wings3d Configurations and Data

To remove wings3d configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge wings3d

Remove wings3d configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove wings3d configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge wings3d

Dependencies

wings3d have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install wings3d package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.