How To Install gem-plugin-assimp on Debian 10

Learn how to install gem-plugin-assimp on Debian 10 with this tutorial. gem-plugin-assimp is Graphics Environment for Multimedia - Assimp support

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gem-plugin-assimp on Debian 10.

What is gem-plugin-assimp

gem-plugin-assimp is:

Gem is a loadable library for Pure Data (Pd), which adds OpenGL graphics rendering and animation to Pd. Pd is a graphical programming language and computer music system.

This package provides model loading using Assimp.

There are three methods to install gem-plugin-assimp 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 gem-plugin-assimp Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install gem-plugin-assimp using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install gem-plugin-assimp

Install gem-plugin-assimp Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install gem-plugin-assimp using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install gem-plugin-assimp

Install gem-plugin-assimp 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 gem-plugin-assimp using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gem-plugin-assimp

How To Uninstall gem-plugin-assimp on Debian 10

To uninstall only the gem-plugin-assimp package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gem-plugin-assimp

Uninstall gem-plugin-assimp And Its Dependencies

To uninstall gem-plugin-assimp and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gem-plugin-assimp

Remove gem-plugin-assimp Configurations and Data

To remove gem-plugin-assimp configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gem-plugin-assimp

Remove gem-plugin-assimp configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove gem-plugin-assimp configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gem-plugin-assimp

Dependencies

gem-plugin-assimp have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gem-plugin-assimp package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.