How To Install netgen-headers on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install netgen-headers on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is netgen-headers
netgen-headers is:
NETGEN is an automatic 3d tetrahedral mesh generator. It accepts input from constructive solid geometry (CSG) or boundary representation (BRep) from STL file format. The connection to a geometry kernel allows the handling of IGES and STEP files. NETGEN contains modules for mesh optimization and hierarchical mesh refinement.
This package contains internal headers.
There are three methods to install netgen-headers on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install netgen-headers Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install netgen-headers using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install netgen-headers
Install netgen-headers Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install netgen-headers using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install netgen-headers
Install netgen-headers 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 netgen-headers using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install netgen-headers
How To Uninstall netgen-headers on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the netgen-headers package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove netgen-headers
Uninstall netgen-headers And Its Dependencies
To uninstall netgen-headers and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove netgen-headers
Remove netgen-headers Configurations and Data
To remove netgen-headers configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge netgen-headers
Remove netgen-headers configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove netgen-headers configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge netgen-headers
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install netgen-headers package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.