How To Install liboce-ocaf-lite-dev on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install liboce-ocaf-lite-dev on Ubuntu 18.04. liboce-ocaf-lite-dev is OpenCASCADE Community Edition CAE platform library development files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install liboce-ocaf-lite-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is liboce-ocaf-lite-dev

liboce-ocaf-lite-dev is:

OpenCASCADE is a suite for 3D surface and solid modeling, visualization, data exchange and rapid application development. It is an excellent platform for development of numerical simulation software including CAD/CAM/CAE, AEC and GIS, as well as PDM applications.

This package contains the headers and symlinks for libraries shipped by liboce-ocaf-lite11.

There are three methods to install liboce-ocaf-lite-dev on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install liboce-ocaf-lite-dev Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install liboce-ocaf-lite-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install liboce-ocaf-lite-dev

Install liboce-ocaf-lite-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install liboce-ocaf-lite-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install liboce-ocaf-lite-dev

Install liboce-ocaf-lite-dev 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 liboce-ocaf-lite-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install liboce-ocaf-lite-dev

How To Uninstall liboce-ocaf-lite-dev on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the liboce-ocaf-lite-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove liboce-ocaf-lite-dev

Uninstall liboce-ocaf-lite-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall liboce-ocaf-lite-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove liboce-ocaf-lite-dev

Remove liboce-ocaf-lite-dev Configurations and Data

To remove liboce-ocaf-lite-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge liboce-ocaf-lite-dev

Remove liboce-ocaf-lite-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove liboce-ocaf-lite-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge liboce-ocaf-lite-dev

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install liboce-ocaf-lite-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.