How To Install libopenmesh-apps on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libopenmesh-apps on Debian 12.
What is libopenmesh-apps
libopenmesh-apps is:
OpenMesh is a generic and efficient data structure for representing and manipulating polygonal meshes. It was designed with the following goals in mind:
Flexibility: provide a basis for many different algorithms without the need for adaptation.
Efficiency: maximize time efficiency while keeping memory usage as low as possible.
Ease of use: wrap complex internal structure in an easy-to-use interface.
OpenMesh provides the following features:
Representation of arbitrary polygonal (the general case) and pure triangle meshes (providing more efficient, specialized algorithms)
Explicit representation of vertices, halfedges, edges and faces.
Fast neighborhood access, especially the one-ring neighborhood
Highly customizable
- Choose your coordinate type (dimension and scalar type)
- Attach user-defined elements/functions to the mesh elements.
- Attach and check for attributes
- Attach data at runtime using dynamic properties.
This package provides the executable tools
There are three methods to install libopenmesh-apps on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libopenmesh-apps Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libopenmesh-apps using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libopenmesh-apps
Install libopenmesh-apps Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libopenmesh-apps using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libopenmesh-apps
Install libopenmesh-apps 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 libopenmesh-apps using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libopenmesh-apps
How To Uninstall libopenmesh-apps on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libopenmesh-apps package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libopenmesh-apps
Uninstall libopenmesh-apps And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libopenmesh-apps and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libopenmesh-apps
Remove libopenmesh-apps Configurations and Data
To remove libopenmesh-apps configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libopenmesh-apps
Remove libopenmesh-apps configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libopenmesh-apps configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libopenmesh-apps
Dependencies
libopenmesh-apps have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libopenmesh-apps package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.