How To Install libqhull-r7 on Debian 10

Learn how to install libqhull-r7 on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libqhull-r7 is calculate convex hulls and related structures (reentrant shared library)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libqhull-r7 on Debian 10.

What is libqhull-r7

libqhull-r7 is:

Qhull computes convex hulls, Delaunay triangulations, halfspace intersections about a point, Voronoi diagrams, furthest-site Delaunay triangulations, and furthest-site Voronoi diagrams. It runs in 2-d, 3-d, 4-d, and higher dimensions.

This package contains the reentrant version of the shared C library.

There are three methods to install libqhull-r7 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 libqhull-r7 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libqhull-r7 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libqhull-r7

Install libqhull-r7 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libqhull-r7 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libqhull-r7

Install libqhull-r7 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 libqhull-r7 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libqhull-r7

How To Uninstall libqhull-r7 on Debian 10

To uninstall only the libqhull-r7 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libqhull-r7

Uninstall libqhull-r7 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libqhull-r7 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libqhull-r7

Remove libqhull-r7 Configurations and Data

To remove libqhull-r7 configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libqhull-r7

Remove libqhull-r7 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libqhull-r7 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libqhull-r7

Dependencies

libqhull-r7 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libqhull-r7 package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.