How To Install evolver-nox on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install evolver-nox on Debian 10.
What is evolver-nox
evolver-nox is:
The Surface Evolver is an interactive program for the modelling of liquid surfaces shaped by various forces and constraints.
This package provides evolver variants built with different floating point formats (double, long double, quadruple) but with no X support.
There are three methods to install evolver-nox 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 evolver-nox Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install evolver-nox using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install evolver-nox
Install evolver-nox Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install evolver-nox using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install evolver-nox
Install evolver-nox 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 evolver-nox using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install evolver-nox
How To Uninstall evolver-nox on Debian 10
To uninstall only the evolver-nox package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove evolver-nox
Uninstall evolver-nox And Its Dependencies
To uninstall evolver-nox and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove evolver-nox
Remove evolver-nox Configurations and Data
To remove evolver-nox configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge evolver-nox
Remove evolver-nox configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove evolver-nox configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge evolver-nox
Dependencies
evolver-nox have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install evolver-nox package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.