How To Install liblinearmath2.83.7 on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install liblinearmath2.83.7 on Debian 9. liblinearmath2.83.7 is professional 3D Game Multiphysics Library – mathematics

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install liblinearmath2.83.7 on Debian 9.

What is liblinearmath2.83.7

liblinearmath2.83.7 is:

Bullet professional 3D Game Multiphysics Library provides state of the art collision detection, soft body and rigid body dynamics.

This package contains the LinearMath shared library which is required by most other Bullet libraries and provides basic data types and memory management.

For more information about Bullet, please refer to the libbullet-dev package.

There are three methods to install liblinearmath2.83.7 on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install liblinearmath2.83.7 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install liblinearmath2.83.7 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install liblinearmath2.83.7

Install liblinearmath2.83.7 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install liblinearmath2.83.7 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install liblinearmath2.83.7

Install liblinearmath2.83.7 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 liblinearmath2.83.7 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install liblinearmath2.83.7

How To Uninstall liblinearmath2.83.7 on Debian 9

To uninstall only the liblinearmath2.83.7 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove liblinearmath2.83.7

Uninstall liblinearmath2.83.7 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall liblinearmath2.83.7 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove liblinearmath2.83.7

Remove liblinearmath2.83.7 Configurations and Data

To remove liblinearmath2.83.7 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge liblinearmath2.83.7

Remove liblinearmath2.83.7 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove liblinearmath2.83.7 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge liblinearmath2.83.7

Dependencies

liblinearmath2.83.7 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install liblinearmath2.83.7 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.