How To Install flam3 on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install flam3 on Debian 10.
What is flam3
flam3 is:
According to the upstream website:
Fractal Flames are algorithmically generated images and animations. The software was originally written in 1992 and released as open source, aka free software. Since then it has developed a lot. It has been incorporated into many graphics programs and ported to most operating systems. The shape of each image is specified by a long string of numbers - a genetic code of sorts.
You can create your own flames with the Apophysis interactive designer (for windows), Qosmic (for Linux), or Oxidizer (for Mac OS X), or Apophysis-J (cross-platform in Java). Or you can use the Electric Sheep distributed screen saver to join the collective evolution of animated fractal flames.
There are three methods to install flam3 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 flam3 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install flam3 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install flam3
Install flam3 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install flam3 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install flam3
Install flam3 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 flam3 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install flam3
How To Uninstall flam3 on Debian 10
To uninstall only the flam3 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove flam3
Uninstall flam3 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall flam3 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove flam3
Remove flam3 Configurations and Data
To remove flam3 configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge flam3
Remove flam3 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove flam3 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge flam3
Dependencies
flam3 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install flam3 package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.