How To Install lib3ds-1-3 on Debian 10

Learn how to install lib3ds-1-3 on Debian 10 with this tutorial. lib3ds-1-3 is Autodesk 3D Studio file reader C library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install lib3ds-1-3 on Debian 10.

What is lib3ds-1-3

lib3ds-1-3 is:

This library implements the functionality required to manage Autodesk’s 3D Studio Release 3 and 4 format (.3DS) files.

It is a free alternative to Autodesk’s 3DS File Toolkit for managing 3DS files.

There are three methods to install lib3ds-1-3 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 lib3ds-1-3 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install lib3ds-1-3 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install lib3ds-1-3

Install lib3ds-1-3 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install lib3ds-1-3 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install lib3ds-1-3

Install lib3ds-1-3 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 lib3ds-1-3 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install lib3ds-1-3

How To Uninstall lib3ds-1-3 on Debian 10

To uninstall only the lib3ds-1-3 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove lib3ds-1-3

Uninstall lib3ds-1-3 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall lib3ds-1-3 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove lib3ds-1-3

Remove lib3ds-1-3 Configurations and Data

To remove lib3ds-1-3 configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge lib3ds-1-3

Remove lib3ds-1-3 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove lib3ds-1-3 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lib3ds-1-3

Dependencies

lib3ds-1-3 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install lib3ds-1-3 package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.