How To Install libcgal13 on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcgal13 on Debian 10.
What is libcgal13
libcgal13 is:
CGAL (Computational Geometry Algorithms Library) makes the most important of the solutions and methods developed in computational geometry available to users in industry and academia in a C++ library. The goal is to provide easy access to useful, reliable geometric algorithms.
The CGAL library contains:
- the Kernel with geometric primitives such as points, vectors, lines, predicates for testing things such as relative positions of points, and operations such as intersections and distance calculation.
- the Basic Library which is a collection of standard data structures and geometric algorithms, such as convex hull in 2D/3D, (Delaunay) triangulation in 2D/3D, planar map, polyhedron, smallest enclosing circle, and multidimensional query structures.
- the Support Library which offers interfaces to other packages, e.g., for visualisation, and I/O, and other support facilities.
This package contains the main library libCGAL.so as well as two support libraries libCGAL_Core.so (from the CORE project) and libCGAL_ImageIO.so (image I/O). The library libCGAL_Qt5.so used for visualization in demos can be found in the package libcgal-qt5-13.
There are three methods to install libcgal13 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 libcgal13 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libcgal13 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libcgal13
Install libcgal13 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libcgal13 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libcgal13
Install libcgal13 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 libcgal13 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libcgal13
How To Uninstall libcgal13 on Debian 10
To uninstall only the libcgal13 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libcgal13
Uninstall libcgal13 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libcgal13 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcgal13
Remove libcgal13 Configurations and Data
To remove libcgal13 configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libcgal13
Remove libcgal13 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libcgal13 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcgal13
Dependencies
libcgal13 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcgal13 package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
