How To Install makehuman on Debian 10

Learn how to install makehuman on Debian 10 with this tutorial. makehuman is Modelling of 3-Dimensional humanoid characters

Introduction

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

What is makehuman

makehuman is:

MakeHuman is a 3-Dimensional humanoid characters modelling software. Features that make this software innovative and unique include a new, highly intuitive GUI and a high quality mesh, optimized to work in subdivision surface mode (for example, Zbrush). Using MakeHuman, a photorealistic character can be modeled in less than 2 minutes.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install makehuman

Install makehuman Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install makehuman

Install makehuman 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 makehuman using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install makehuman

How To Uninstall makehuman on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove makehuman

Uninstall makehuman And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove makehuman

Remove makehuman Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge makehuman

Remove makehuman configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge makehuman

Dependencies

makehuman have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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