How To Install libosd-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libosd-dev on Kali Linux. libosd-dev is high performance subdivision surface (subdiv) library - development

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libosd-dev on Kali Linux.

What is libosd-dev

libosd-dev is:

OpenSubdiv is a set of open source libraries that implement high performance subdivision surface (subdiv) evaluation on massively parallel CPU and GPU architectures. This codepath is optimized for drawing deforming subdivs with static topology at interactive framerates. The resulting limit surface matches Pixar’s Renderman to numerical precision.

This package provides the development files.

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

Install libosd-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 libosd-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libosd-dev

Install libosd-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libosd-dev

Install libosd-dev Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install libosd-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libosd-dev

How To Uninstall libosd-dev on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libosd-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libosd-dev

Uninstall libosd-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libosd-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libosd-dev

Remove libosd-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libosd-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libosd-dev

Remove libosd-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libosd-dev

Dependencies

libosd-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libosd-dev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.