How To Install oce-draw on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install oce-draw on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is oce-draw
oce-draw is:
OpenCASCADE is a suite for 3D surface and solid modeling, visualization, data exchange and rapid application development. It is an excellent platform for development of numerical simulation software including CAD/CAM/CAE, AEC and GIS, as well as PDM applications.
This package is based on OCE, OpenCASCADE Community Edition, which is maintained by a community of developers, and not by OpenCASCADE SAS.
This package contains the DRAW test harness.
There are three methods to install oce-draw 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 oce-draw Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install oce-draw using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install oce-draw
Install oce-draw Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install oce-draw using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install oce-draw
Install oce-draw 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 oce-draw using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install oce-draw
How To Uninstall oce-draw on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the oce-draw package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove oce-draw
Uninstall oce-draw And Its Dependencies
To uninstall oce-draw and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove oce-draw
Remove oce-draw Configurations and Data
To remove oce-draw configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge oce-draw
Remove oce-draw configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove oce-draw configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge oce-draw
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install oce-draw package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
