How To Install fractalnow on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fractalnow on Debian 10.
What is fractalnow
fractalnow is:
FractalNow provides users with tools to generate pictures of various types of fractals quickly and easily.
It is made of both a command line (FractalNow) and a graphical tool (QFractalNow).
The graphical tool, based on Qt library, allows users to explore fractals intuitively and generate pictures.
Both tools are entirely multi-threaded and implement advanced algorithms and heuristics that make computation very fast compared to most existing free fractal generators.
There are three methods to install fractalnow 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 fractalnow Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install fractalnow using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fractalnow
Install fractalnow Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fractalnow using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fractalnow
Install fractalnow 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 fractalnow using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fractalnow
How To Uninstall fractalnow on Debian 10
To uninstall only the fractalnow package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fractalnow
Uninstall fractalnow And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fractalnow and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fractalnow
Remove fractalnow Configurations and Data
To remove fractalnow configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fractalnow
Remove fractalnow configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fractalnow configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fractalnow
Dependencies
fractalnow have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fractalnow package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.