How To Install libvolpack1 on Debian 10

Learn how to install libvolpack1 on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libvolpack1 is fast volume rendering library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libvolpack1 on Debian 10.

What is libvolpack1

libvolpack1 is:

VolPack is a software library for fast, high-quality volume rendering with this features:

  • Renders data sampled on a regular, three-dimensional grid.
  • Supports user-specified transfer functions for both opacity and color.
  • Provides a shading model with directional light sources, multiple material types with different reflective properties, depth cueing, and shadows.
  • Produces color (24 bits/pixel) or grayscale (8 bits/pixel) renderings, with or without an alpha channel.
  • Supports arbitrary affine view transformations.
  • Supports a flexible data format that allows an arbitrary C structure to be associated with each voxel.

There are three methods to install libvolpack1 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 libvolpack1 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libvolpack1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libvolpack1

Install libvolpack1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libvolpack1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libvolpack1

Install libvolpack1 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 libvolpack1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libvolpack1

How To Uninstall libvolpack1 on Debian 10

To uninstall only the libvolpack1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libvolpack1

Uninstall libvolpack1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libvolpack1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libvolpack1

Remove libvolpack1 Configurations and Data

To remove libvolpack1 configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libvolpack1

Remove libvolpack1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libvolpack1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libvolpack1

Dependencies

libvolpack1 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libvolpack1 package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.