How To Install fstl on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fstl
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is fstl
fstl is:
fstl is a viewer for .stl files commonly used in stereolithography, rapid prototyping, 3D printing and CAM.
It is optimized to quickly load and render very high-polygon models.
There are three methods to install fstl
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install fstl Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install fstl
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fstl
Install fstl Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fstl
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fstl
Install fstl 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 fstl
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fstl
How To Uninstall fstl on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the fstl
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fstl
Uninstall fstl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fstl
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fstl
Remove fstl Configurations and Data
To remove fstl
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fstl
Remove fstl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fstl
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fstl
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fstl
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.