How To Install libopensurgsim-dev on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libopensurgsim-dev on Debian 10.
What is libopensurgsim-dev
libopensurgsim-dev is:
OpenSurgSim is C++ toolkit for developing real-time surgical simulations. It lets you build simulators using the included building blocks, such as input device support, haptic feedback, graphics, collision detection and physics simulation.
This package contains the development files needed to build your own OpenSurgSim applications.
There are three methods to install libopensurgsim-dev 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 libopensurgsim-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 libopensurgsim-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libopensurgsim-dev
Install libopensurgsim-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libopensurgsim-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libopensurgsim-dev
Install libopensurgsim-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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libopensurgsim-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libopensurgsim-dev
How To Uninstall libopensurgsim-dev on Debian 10
To uninstall only the libopensurgsim-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libopensurgsim-dev
Uninstall libopensurgsim-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libopensurgsim-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libopensurgsim-dev
Remove libopensurgsim-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libopensurgsim-dev configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libopensurgsim-dev
Remove libopensurgsim-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libopensurgsim-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libopensurgsim-dev
Dependencies
libopensurgsim-dev have the following dependencies:
- libopensurgsim
- libboost-chrono-dev
- libboost-date-time-dev
- libboost-filesystem-dev
- libboost-system-dev
- libboost-thread-dev
- libeigen3-dev
- libopenscenegraph-dev
- libyaml-cpp-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libopensurgsim-dev package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.