How To Install dime on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dime on Debian 10.
What is dime
dime is:
Dime is a C++ class library for reading, constructing, manipulating, and writing DXF file data.
This package comes with the programs dxf2vrml, which converts dxf to VRML files and dxfsphere, which makes triangle mesh approximations of spheres.
There are three methods to install dime 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 dime Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install dime using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install dime
Install dime Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install dime using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install dime
Install dime 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 dime using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install dime
How To Uninstall dime on Debian 10
To uninstall only the dime package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove dime
Uninstall dime And Its Dependencies
To uninstall dime and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove dime
Remove dime Configurations and Data
To remove dime configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge dime
Remove dime configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove dime configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dime
Dependencies
dime have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dime package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
