How To Install libsavitar-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsavitar-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libsavitar-dev
libsavitar-dev is:
Savitar is a C++ library with Python 3 bindings for reading and writing 3MF files.
3MF is an interchange format for sharing 3D models and other 3D printing data between related software and 3D printers. It is XML based and standardised by the 3MF consortium.
This package contains C++ headers and other development files.
There are three methods to install libsavitar-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 libsavitar-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 libsavitar-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libsavitar-dev
Install libsavitar-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libsavitar-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libsavitar-dev
Install libsavitar-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 libsavitar-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libsavitar-dev
How To Uninstall libsavitar-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libsavitar-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libsavitar-dev
Uninstall libsavitar-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libsavitar-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsavitar-dev
Remove libsavitar-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libsavitar-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libsavitar-dev
Remove libsavitar-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libsavitar-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libsavitar-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsavitar-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
