How To Install field3d-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install field3d-doc on Ubuntu 18.04. field3d-doc is documentation for Field3D

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install field3d-doc on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is field3d-doc

field3d-doc is:

Field3D is an open source library for storing voxel data.

It provides C++ classes that handle in-memory storage and a file format based on HDF5 that allows the C++ objects to be written to and read from disk.

This package contains the documentation.

There are three methods to install field3d-doc on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install field3d-doc Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install field3d-doc using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install field3d-doc

Install field3d-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install field3d-doc using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install field3d-doc

Install field3d-doc 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install field3d-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install field3d-doc

How To Uninstall field3d-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the field3d-doc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove field3d-doc

Uninstall field3d-doc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall field3d-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove field3d-doc

Remove field3d-doc Configurations and Data

To remove field3d-doc configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge field3d-doc

Remove field3d-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove field3d-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge field3d-doc

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install field3d-doc package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.