How To Install fracplanet on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fracplanet on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is fracplanet
fracplanet is:
This is an interactive tool for creating random fractal planets and terrain areas with oceans, rivers, lakes and icecaps. The results can be exported as models to POV-Ray and to Blender, or as texture maps for more general usage.
There are three methods to install fracplanet 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 fracplanet Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install fracplanet using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fracplanet
Install fracplanet Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fracplanet using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fracplanet
Install fracplanet 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 fracplanet using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fracplanet
How To Uninstall fracplanet on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the fracplanet package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fracplanet
Uninstall fracplanet And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fracplanet and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fracplanet
Remove fracplanet Configurations and Data
To remove fracplanet configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fracplanet
Remove fracplanet configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fracplanet configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fracplanet
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fracplanet package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.